Metro Detroit is the home of organized labor and has many progressive civil rights and community organizations. A standing-room only crowd attended Detroit's Day of Action on Saturday, February 24 at Northwest Activities Center in Detroit.
Event partners AFSCME Council 25 ▪ AFT Michigan ▪ Coalition of Black Trade Unionists - Detroit Chapter ▪ Coalition of Labor Union Women - Detroit Chapter ▪ Detroit Association of Educational Office Employees ▪ Detroit Branch NAACP ▪ Detroit Federation of Paraprofessionals ▪ Detroit Federation of Teachers ▪ Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation ▪ Huron Valley Area Labor Federation ▪ Jews for Justice ▪ Michigan Education Association ▪ Michigan AFL-CIO ▪ Metro Detroit AFL-CIO ▪ Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights ▪ Michigan Nurses Association ▪ Mothering Justice ▪ UAW and SEIU stood up against the policies that rig the economy and political system against us.
The future of working people hangs in the balance right now. Aided by the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress, billionaires and corporate special interests are ramping up efforts to scale back labor and voting rights, and the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 case.
The Working People’s Day of Action was about defending our freedoms and demanding an end to an economy that’s rigged against working people. Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the striking sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968, thousands of working people and their allies from coast to coast sent a clear message: our voices will not be silenced.
Metro Detroit participates chanted during the effort: "Unrig the System" and "It's about freedom!"