Hundreds of community members lined the corner of Esperanza Boulevard and La Canada Drive on Labor Day to demand greater protections for working people and push back against what they describe as the growing influence of corporations and the wealthy on American democracy.
The rally, called Workers Over Billionaires, was organized by the Democratic Club of Quail Creek, the Green Valley Democrats and Legislative District 19 Democrats, with support from We the People R Indivisible, a grassroots group that has expanded from just a few dozen members to more than 600 in the past five months.
“We’ve seen a tipping in favor of the billionaire class and massive international corporations who are really influencing more and more in our lives,” said Dave Mungo, a member of We the People R Indivisible’s organizing committee. “The policies being projected are harmful to the middle class, whether it’s in the realm of healthcare, workers’ rights or higher inflation.”…