Unions Take to New York City Streets to Celebrate US Workers

Published on September 8, 2024

NEW YORK CITY—While the weather on Sept. 7 was showery and the marchers seemed to outnumber onlookers by a considerable margin, the annual Labor Day Parade of union members up Fifth Avenue in New York City appeared a celebratory, family affair. Amid hard hats and bright safety vests were prams, toddlers, and a handful of politicians including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, babies were blessed. The banners held by the marchers told the story of Labor Day—the recognition of the contribution American workers made to building the modern United States—with entertainment and writers’ unions joining with locals representing plumbers, electricians, store and food workers, retail staff, those in agriculture, steamfitters, and postal workers....

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