Hundreds attend Labor Day rally in Durham to call for more pay, health care and days off

Hundreds of people met at Trinity Park on Monday, before marching throughout the neighborhood as part of a Labor Day rally.

“Ultimately, when we come together and raise our voices collectively, we have a lot more power than if we were to do it as individuals. And that’s why I really believe in the labor movement and in our unions to fight for workplace changes, fighting disrespect on the job and fighting for a voice on the job, fighting for higher wages, health care, pensions, and paid days off,” said Zoey Moretti Niebuhr, Vice President of the Triangle Labor Council AFL-CIO.

“I’m actually encouraged by the turnout because it let me know I’m not the only one that is here fighting for certain things,” said Nahshon Blount with the Union of Southern Service Workers…

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