
Workers Rally for Rights, Target Palantir in CT
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On International Workers Day, Connecticut unites for rallies against ICE raids and wealth inequality. Labor unions, students, and immigrant rights groups gather in Hartford and New Haven, targeting Palantir and Governor Lamonts office with demands for increased funding on housing, healthcare, and education. New Havens Wilbur Cross High School students walk out to advocate for affordability and immigrant protections. Organizers like Jason Ruiz from the Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America aim to shift state priorities, echoing the labor roots of the eighteen eighty-six general strike for an eight-hour day.
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May 1st March International Workers' Day, and folks across Connecticut are gearing up for rallies pushing back against ice raids and calling for. Steeper taxes on millionaires and billionaires. Labor unions, students, and immigrant rights groups expect hunters to show in Hartford and New Haven, smaller crowds than those massive, no kings, protests back in March. In Hartford, protesters plan to target Palantir, that big tech and military contractor, then drop off a letter packed with demands for more funding on. Housing, health care, and education straight to Governor Ned Lamont's office. New Haven's Wilbur Cross High School kids are walking out at 9.40 a.m., linking up with others at the city green to amplify their voices on. Affordability and immigrant protections. Organizers like Jason Ruiz from the Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America say these stray four goals aim to shift state priorities even if they've hit roadblocks in the legislature so far. These actions echo the labor roots from the 1886 General Strike for an eight-hour day tying
into nationwide Mayday energy. Fight alive for workers' rights today. That wraps Hartford News today. Brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with The Story.
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