Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike
Protesters gather for a rally outside the Federal Reserve in the Financial District, Monday, July 20, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. Thousands across the country planned to walked off the job to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Protesters rally outside a McDonald's in Detroit, Monday, July 20, 2020. The national workers strike saw people walk off the job Monday in U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Workers walk out to a protester rally outside a McDonald's in Detroit, Monday, July 20, 2020. The national workers strike saw people walk off the job Monday in U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Protesters rally outside a McDonald's in Detroit, Monday, July 20, 2020. The national workers strike saw people walk off the job Monday in U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Lavell Bates leads co-workers from work to a protester rally outside a McDonald's in Detroit, Monday, July 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Protesters march outside a McDonald's in Detroit, Monday, July 20, 2020. The national workers strike , dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” saw people walk off the job Monday in U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Jerry Johnson takes part in a protester rally outside a McDonald's in Detroit, Monday, July 20, 2020. The national workers strike , dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” saw people walk off the job Monday in U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Nursing assistants, dietary workers and housekeepers and janitors went on strike outside Cerenity HumboltCare Center in St Paul, Monday, July 20, 2020, calling for fair pay, paid sick time and safer working conditions. July 20 is National Strike for Black Lives, a day calling for a day of action to emphasize good jobs and racial justice in over 25 cities across the U.S. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
Nursing assistants, dietary workers and housekeepers and janitors went on strike outside Cerenity HumboltCare Center in St Paul, Monday, July 20, 2020, calling for fair pay, paid sick time and safer working conditions. July 20 is National Strike for Black Lives, a day calling for a day of action to emphasize good jobs and racial justice in over 25 cities across the U.S. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
Nursing assistants, dietary workers and housekeepers and janitors went on strike outside Cerenity HumboltCare Center in St Paul, Monday, July 20, 2020, calling for fair pay, paid sick time and safer working conditions. July 20 is National Strike for Black Lives, a day calling for a day of action to emphasize good jobs and racial justice in over 25 cities across the U.S. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of workers rallied Monday outside the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan and the Massachusetts Statehouse to protest systemic racism and economic inequality — an effort that organizers hoped would grow into a nationwide strike in which tens of thousands of people walked off the job....
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