A nationwide movement of Labor Day protests branded as a fight against a “billionaire takeover” of the government could rally crowds in the Galleria area on Sept.1 in support of social rights.
A nationwide labor movement called “May Day Strong” will organize a Houston march as part of a series of protests planned on Labor Day across the country, according to a webpage for the effort. The event, which does not yet have a specific location beyond the Galleria area, would protest federal funding that organizers say benefits billionaires and immigration enforcement instead of stronger social services like health care, housing and education.
Under major federal spending cuts and tax breaks as part of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” Texas is set to lose $39 billion in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, according to projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office…