Essential Workers Hold Walkouts And Protests In National 'Strike For Black Lives'
Front-line workers in several U.S. cities walked off their jobs and took to the streets to demand racial and economic justice.
From Boston to San Francisco, essential workers in cities around the U.S. walked off their jobs and took to the streets Monday to demand racial and economic justice as part of a nationwide "Strike for Black Lives."
The planned day of strikes and protests was organized by 60 different labor unions and racial and social justice organizations, from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to the Movement for Black Lives to the U.S. Youth Climate Strike Coalition.
Organizers listed four primary demands on their : "Justice for Black communities, that elected officials use their
