Next Monday, May 1st, is May Day. This day has a lot of significance. It is the celebrated “Labor Day” by workers all over the world. This is the day that immigrant workers all over the U.S. will walk off their jobs in protest to pending immigration legislation.
In Utah, immigrants are rallying in the largest numbers that protests in Utah have ever seen. Demonstrators will join a nationwide boycott of work, school and businesses on May 1.
Utah’s Latino leaders are calling for undocumented immigrants and their supporters to boycott all businesses for a day. But many are not encouraging people to stay home from work or school. Proyecto Latino de Utah also plans a “Walk for Liberty” at Liberty Park and is encouraging immigrants to show their presence by wearing blue ribbons to work or school on Monday.
It is also anticipated that many non-Latino workers will not be reporting to work that day either, in acts of solidarity.
The Utah Minutemen Project, a group whose mission it is to halt illegal immigration, has planned an oppositional rally, titled “Wake-Up America” rally, for the same day, from 3 to 8 p.m., at the City County Building grounds at Washington Square in SLC.
The Walk from Liberty Park is scheduled for 6pm – this detail is missing from the Deseret News article.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 