Hundreds of protesters took to the Downtown Gainesville Square and Jesse Jewell Parkway on Thursday in honor of May Day, or International Workers’ Day.
International Workers’ Day is celebrated every May 1 to commemorate the historic struggles and gains by workers and the labor movement according to Brittannica. The day was designated in 1889 to commemorate the Haymarket Affair of 1886.
The protest was organized by the Gainesville-based grassroots organization, the Rainbow Collective; Indivisible Hall and Indivisible Lumpkin. They took to the Square at around 6 p.m. before marching to Jesse Jewell Parkway at around 6:30 p.m. with signs and chants…