PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Labor Day is designed to focus attention on the American worker, one day (or long weekend) each year to take stock of the men and women who are the backbone of the country and the economy.
On this Labor Day weekend, dozens of people outside the Clackamas Town Center protested the increasing presence of an American oligarchy, part of a nationwide “Workers Over Billionaires” protest organized by the May Day Strong Coalition.
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Laurie Davis with Indivisible said she was there not as part of that organization but because she’s “conscious about the idea that our government is now run by billionaires and that we need to focus on workers and workers rights.”
Davis said they’re concerned about “corruption in government and other issues,” including the slow-moving erosion of democratic values…