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Rochester area residents are heading to Washington, D.C. to participate in the “One Nation Working Together” march and rally on Oct. 2.
Participants leaving from Rochester will gather at Monroe Community College at 10 p.m. tonight to board 12 buses destined for Washington, D.C. Buses are also leaving from Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Gowanda, Corning, Syracuse, Binghamton and other Upstate locations.
Rochester area residents will be among hundreds of thousands of people who are expected to gather in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall to demand change in the nation’s priorities with the slogan “Jobs, Justice and Education.” One Nation Working Together is a social movement dedicated to increased investment in jobs, justice and education.
The following local organizations have endorsed the rally: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Upstate NY Division; American Postal Workers Union, Rochester Area Local 215; Bath Democrats; Board of Education Non-Teaching Employees, AFSCME Local 2419; Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME Local 1000; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Rochester, NY Chapter; Communication Workers of America, Local 1170;
Finger Lakes Labor Assembly, AFL-CIO; Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace; Greater Rochester Community of Churches; Green Party of Monroe County, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 86; Metro-Justice of Rochester, Citizen Action of New York; Monroe County Federation of Social Workers, IUE/CWA Local 81381; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP Rochester, NY Chapter; New York State Public Employees Federation, Division 283; New York State United Teachers, Rochester Region; Next Generation United, Rochester, NY; Pride-at-Work, Rochester Finger Lakes Chapter; Rochester Against War; Rochester and Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO; Rochester and Vicinity Labor Council, AFL-CIO; Rochester Students for a Democratic Society; Service Employees International Union, Local 200United; Social Justice Council, First Unitarian Church of Rochester; Spencerport Teachers’ Association; Steuben Livingston Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO; United Automobile, Aerospace, Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Local 1097; United for Education, Cobblestone School; University of Rochester Students for a Democratic Society; Workers United SEIU, Rochester Regional Joint Board.
