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Under sunny skies and light-jacket, T-shirt temperatures, thousands of union workers — educators, healthcare providers, car builders, DTE workers, truckers, plumbers, performers, bus drivers, law enforcement officers, operating engineers, and pipefitters — marched west on Michigan Avenue to Roosevelt Park at the Michigan Central train station Monday morning to commemorate Labor Day.
Some workers brought their families and pets.
As always, it was an upbeat celebration that included some political messages — anti-Trump, pro-Palestinian, anti-oligarch — along with appearances by notable Democratic politicians, including U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (who is running for governor), Abdul El-Sayed (who is running for U.S. Senate), Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr (who is running for mayor), Detroit City Council candidate James Harris, and Wayne County Sheriff Ray Washington. Republican politicians typically steer clear of the event.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (center)
Detroit City Council James Harris interviewed on a podcast outside McShane's Pub
Wayne County Sheriff Ray Washington
WDIV representing
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
