AQ Slideshow: NYC Immigrants March for Reform on May Day

Immigrant and workers’ rights activists and union members gathered in New York City last week to celebrate International Workers’ Day on May 1—also known as May Day.

Representatives from unions like Local 375 NYC Board of Education Employees (AFSCME) and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and immigrant rights groups like New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) and the Migrant Power Alliance participated in the march. They demanded the legalization of undocumented immigrants, an end to deportations and detentions, an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and contracts...

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