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Well, Mayday 2008 has come and gone. Here are some photos from today's Mayday march in Chicago...
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Here is some interviews and speeches I recorded throughout the day...
Speeches at Haymarket Memorial Monument, Mayday morning:

Noel Beasley, International Vice President of UNITE-HERE…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/NoahBeasely.WAV

Katie Jordan, President of CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women)…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/KatieJordanHaymarket08.mp3

James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs With Justice…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/JamesThindwaHaymarket08.wav

Interviews during march:

Larry Davis, Vice-President of Teamsters Local 743…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/LarryDavisVP743Mayday08.WAV

Christine Roycester, Member of Teamsters Local 743…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/ChristineRoycester743Mayday08.WAV

Speeches at Federal Plaza rally, after march…

Representative of LCLAA (LABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT)…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/LACLAMayday08.WAV

Jethro Head, President of the Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco & Grain Miller Workers Local 1 http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/JethroHeadMayday08.WAV

Richard Berg, President of Teamsters Local 743…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/RichBergMayday08.WAV

Lionel Jean-Baptiste, Haitian immigrant and Evanston Alderman…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/JeanBaptisteMayday08.wav

Kat Choi, Associate Director, Korean American Resource & Cultural Center…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/KatChoiMayday08.wav


Wrap-up Interviews:

Jorge Mujica, March 10th Committee…
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/JorgeMuijicaWrapUpMayday08.WAV

Margarita Klein, staff director for UNITE-HERE Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board,
http://www.laborexpress.org/Storage/MargaritaKlienMayday08.mp3

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