Labor support for DC protests

“In this house,” the AFL-CIO tweeted last week, “we will continue to fight for economic, social and racial justice with every fiber of our being.” On Friday, union members working for the city’s Department of Public Works painted “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in giant letters on 16th Street, and the 2-block stretch in front of The White House was renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza."
Last weekend, tens of thousands turned out across the city to support the struggle for justice. Metro Washington Council Acting President Andrew Washington on Friday strongly urged the local labor movement "to do so as well, demonstrating that organized labor stands with our brothers and sisters." Protestors massed, sang and danced in front of the AFL-CIO building, which sported signs supporting the protests; see our Twitter feed for more photos from Saturday's protests.

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