Labor Day rallies across San Diego County demand ‘Workers Over Billionaires’

USD rally for proposed labor union Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego Protesters were holding several Workers Over Billionaires demonstrations throughout San Diego County Monday as part of a nationwide Labor Day effort organized by labor unions and other groups A rally at Waterfront Park located behind the county Administration Center on Pacific Highway drew between and people event spokesman Mark Sauer communicated City News Utility Considering it s a holiday for working folks turnout was encouraging declared Sauer who added the rally was peaceful A few of the elected executives who spoke were San Diego County Supervisor Paloma Aguirre San Diego City Council members Joe LaCava Kent Lee and Stephen Whitburn and Rep Sara Jacobs D-San Diego Sauer revealed Protest March Winds through Downtown - News is at Labor Day Workers Over Billionaires protest San Diego CA WorkersOverBillionaires LaborDay LaborDayMarch UnionStrong WorkersRights SanDiego Trump MAGA pic twitter com aJ RQpKCGL - News News September Sauer explained speakers focused on organized labor and the November special vote for Proposition an attempt by Gov Gavin Newsom to redraw California s congressional districts to negate a similar move in Texas Trump administration policies effect on working families and how the mid-term elections will be a way to put various serious checks and balances on them organizers commented Along with the Waterfront rally other events were scheduled Monday in La Jolla Chula Vista Mira Mesa Carlsbad Rancho Bernardo and Escondido City Hall The Amenity Employees International Union and the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council were among the local event organizers Across San Diego County SEIU locals are anchoring multiple coordinated events under the Workers Over Billionaires banner the SEIU mentioned in a announcement From downtown to Chula Vista La Jolla Mira Mesa Carlsbad and Escondido members and allies are turning out to demand financing in schools vitality care housing and conditions action over corporate wealth These actions highlight SEIU s reach across diverse communities and show that working people helpers educators operation and city workers are united in holding billionaires accountable and fighting for shared prosperity A comment on the Mobilize Us website explained billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people with their cronies in the administration ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks Particular of the demonstrations were also planned under the banner Which Side Are You On after the song by labor activist Florence Reece that was used to delineate between United Mine Workers and their supporters in Harlan County Kentucky and the mine owners and their thugs There is no neutral ground in this fight explained Brigette Browning president of the San Diego Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO Just like the s coal miners in Harlan County Kentucky we are forced to choose either you stand with the working class or you enable the billionaires and politicians who are gutting our democracy and hoarding the wealth workers create White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers informed City News System that no one has done more for working men and women than President Trump President Trump believes that American workers are the heart and soul of our market which is why he s championed an agenda that unfailingly puts them first from signing the largest middle-class tax cuts in history to securing nearly trillion in new investments to create high-paying jobs across our country Under President Trump s leadership Republicans are once again the proud party of the American worker Christian Ramirez political director and statewide vice president for SEIU-WW mentioned Immigrant workers are essential yet the billionaires treat them as expendable Immigrant workers and their families that keep our society moving with their labor are terrorized by federal agents and exploited by bosses This is the face of tyranny scapegoating the vulnerable while relying on their labor Our response is collective power This Labor Day we stand together as workers immigrants and citizens alike as one movement for dignity City News Arrangement contributed to this article