4/29 THURSDAY > Rally & March on Wall Street with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
On April 29th from 4 to 6pm, in conjunction with the AFL-CIO's Good Jobs Now campaign, the NYC Labor Movement will rally at City Hall and then march down Broadway and through the Financial District. AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, will lead the rally where we call for the recovery to make its way to working people on Main Street. We need to make sure that the economic bailout does more than just protect CEO bonuses, that it helps to bring back the 10 million jobs lost since 2007.
Collectively, we will show that when workng men and women speak with one voice, they are heard loud and clear. This AFL-CIO Good Jobs Now campaign will be our call for action. Taxpayers bailed out the big banks, now we need to make sure that working men and women have the same opportunity to get back on their feet.
WHAT: Good Jobs Now Rally (followed by march down Broadway)
WHEN: Thursday, April 29 4:00-6:00pm
WHERE: City Hall: enter at Broadway & Chambers St.
For more information contact the NYC Central Labor Council at 212-604-9552or click here for an event flyer.
No one needs to tell America’s families that unemployment and underemployment are at crisis levels. We need jobs—and we need them now.
Wall Street has gotten its bailouts. Now it’s time for Main Street to get some immediate help.
The AFL-CIO is calling on Congress and the Obama administration to take five steps now to care for jobless workers and put America back to work.
1. Extend the lifeline for jobless workers.
2. Rebuild America’s schools, roads and energy systems.
3. Increase aid to state and local governments to maintain vital services.
4. Put people to work doing work that needs to be done.
5. Put TARP funds to work for Main Street.
America’s jobs situation would be even more dire without the economic stimulus program President Obama and Congress enacted, which has saved or created 1 million jobs. But the depth of this crisis demands that we do more—and that we do it now, before more people lose their jobs, their homes, their health care and their hope.
Join us in the fight for good jobs or for more information, call the NYC CLC at 212-604-9552.
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