MAY DAY: Unions and immigrants’ rights groups rallied in a massive May Day event at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan on Sunday. Attendees cited state budget cuts and recent reductions to collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin as rallying points. New York City and state have the nation’s highest concentration of unionized public workers.
A Show of Unity
Immigrants and union workers assemble in Foley Square, Manhattan, New York to rally for collective bargaining rights and budget cuts.
By Phoebe Zheng
5/1/2011
Updated: 5/1/2011