Here are Chicago Area May Day Events
Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO
Ann Dembinski, President, Local 79, Canadian Union of Public Employees
Michael Carrigan, President, Illinois AFL-CIO
Terrance O'Sullivan, General President, Laborer's Union
Jorge Ramirez, President, Chicago Federation of Labor
Roberta Lynch, Deputy Director, AFSCME Council 31
Karen Lewis, President, Chicago Teachers Union
James Williams, President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO
J. Eric Cobb, Executive Director, Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride
But the event will not just be an exercise in looking back but is in active solidarity with “the struggles working people are facing in states like Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana to protect their collective bargaining and other important rights.”
West suburban immigrant rights activists also plan a march to join the commemoration at the monument.
Also on Sunday Dignity, Justice and Legalization for All! will be the theme of a march beginning at Union Park, at Lake Street and Ashland Avenue at 3 PM followed by a march to Plaza Tenochtitlan at 18th Street, Blue Island and Loomis where a rally will be held. The event is being co-sponsored by immigration activist groups and dozens of other progressive organizations.