Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to gather at Pasadena City Hall on Monday for a Labor Day rally as part of nationwide protests against wealth inequality and recent federal immigration enforcement actions.
The Pasadena rally, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is one of more than 20 other Southern California communities holding similar events and among more than 765 coordinated actions across the country organized by the May Day Strong coalition, a partnership of labor, political and environmental organizations.
Local groups San Gabriel Valley Foothill Indivisible and Rooted in Resistance are coordinating the event, which organizers say will include at least 300 registered participants and 19 safety monitors equipped with walkie-talkies…