Hundreds of 'Workers Over Billionaires' Labor Day rallies take place across US

Source: The Guardian

Mon 1 Sep 2025 18.54 EDT
First published on Mon 1 Sep 2025 17.15 EDT


As Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson sharply denounced the Trump administration’s threat to deploy federal troops to the city as part of an immigration crackdown.

“No federal troops in the city of Chicago,” said Johnson on Monday to a gathered crowd at the “Workers over Billionaires” demonstration in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood.

Johnson added: “We’re going to defend our democracy … we’re going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago.” Johnson later led the crowd in chants of “No troops in Chicago” and “Invest in Chicago”, the New York Times reported.

Protesters also met outside the Trump Tower in the city’s River North neighborhood, carrying anti-Trump posters and chanting “Lock him up”, according to footage posted to social media.

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