On Friday, about 15,000 Washington Teamsters and allies came together at a "Put People First" rally at the Statehouse in Olympia.
On Saturday, more than 11,000 rallied at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, which was a kickoff to repealing SB5, the state's anti-worker bill. Teamsters in Ohio are turning their attention to collecting signatures for a citizens’ veto of SB5. Petitions will circulate through the June 30th deadline.
More than 10,000 also rallied in downtown Chicago Saturday. Teamsters Joint Council 25 members took part in the rally at Daley Plaza. The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Laborers, carpenters, electricians, machinists, sheet metal workers, police officers, firefighters, teachers, actors, writers and pharmacists from Illinois and surrounding states marched from corners of the Loop, waving pro-union banners and chanting “We are one.”
Teamsters Joint Council 16 members also rallied by the thousands in New York's Times Square on Saturday.From the stage, organizers warned that workers in other states, including Illinois, could face union-busting legislation similar to the Wisconsin law and urged them to be prepared.
Teamsters will rally today at noon at the Pennsylvania Statehouse in Harrisburg to protest proposed anti-worker legislation there. More on this later today.
