Oneonta Labor Day Rally To Support Workers Draws 200 People
By TERESA WINCHESTER
ONEONTA
On September 1, Labor Day, approximately 200 people showed up at Oneonta’s Muller Plaza for a “Workers Over Billionaires” rally. The principal organizer, CooperstownOneonta Indivisible, led by Virginia Kennedy of Middlefield, was joined by Butternut Valley Indivisible, Cherry Valley Indivisible and Indivisible of Schoharie County. The national sponsor, backed by the AFL-CIO, was May Day Strong, a coalition of dozens of labor and advocacy groups.
While the emphasis was on appreciation of the workers of this country, the need for strong unions, and the abuses of the billionaire class, ralliers carried signs objecting in general to the current administration and its policies: “Alexa, Change the President,” “Grow a Spine, Congress!” “Hands Off Our Healthcare!” “No Trump, No Ice, Make This World Nice!”
Kennedy opened the rally’s program with words of gratitude for workers such as nurses, teachers, construction workers, and machinists.
“Without these folks, nothing would get done, but it’s the people at the top who make the money,” she said.
