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Thousands Call for Immigrant and Labor Rights in Nationwide May Day Protests

HeadlineMay 02, 2011

Tens of thousands of people marched in May Day protests across the United States Sunday calling for immigrant and labor rights. Thanu Yakupitiyage is part of the New York Immigration Coalition.

Thanu Yakupitiyage: “May Day today has been really, really inspiring to see so many people from so many different ethnic communities, from labor coalitions, from unions, both undocumented and documented really coming together. And I think this is a very strange time with workers’ rights that are being put in jeopardy from Wisconsin, immigrants’ rights, whether it be in Arizona or Georgia and here in New York. We really need to come together as one of the most diverse cities in the United States to really show that we are here to support workers’ rights and immigrant rights together.”

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