Thousands rally in Downtown LA on May Day for better wages, employee rights

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Though many of the organizers and participants in Sunday's march ranged from different types of professions and industries, they are all pulling from the same rope.

"Immigrant workers are essential workers, but they don't have real essential rights that they deserve," Angelica Salas, Executive Director of CHIRLA told CBSLA Reporter Jake Reiner."It's time that immigrant workers - who have worked here in this country for over three decades without legal status that they finally be recognized."

As a result, they're calling on employers, federal, state and local officials to enact policies that offer better protection for these workers."We don't even want to have to get there so as a UTLA member and DSALA member we need to make sure everyone knows we have the power to influence our government and our work places, but only if we work together," Ures said.

The march also served as an opportunity to honor those workers who lost their lives this past year to the pandemic. Thanks for reading CBS NEWS.Please enter valid email address to continue

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