In Philly, organized labor rallies for workers

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of union workers wearing brightly colored T-shirts gathered Saturday for a rally to demand attention from politicians of both parties to issues affecting working people.

Labor leaders, politicians and some union members at the “Workers Stand for America” rally drew applause as they portrayed a middle class being squeezed and called for a second “Bill of Rights” that would guarantee full employment and a “living wage,” quality education, health care and security in retirement as well as collective bargaining. “You built the middle class, you’re going to continue to build the middle class,’ Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., told the crowd. “You help people who are sometimes not even in a union, because you lift all boats when you fight for those rights.”

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka drew chants of “Union! Union!” after a fiery speech telling workers that they were “job creators.”
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