Mark Gruenberg and Cameron Harrison at People’s World report dwarfing President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. parade, at least five million people, including tens of thousands of Unionists, turned out for massive No Kings Day protests that were held nationwide over the weekend in response to what many deem as Trump’s drive to destroy Democracy with his dictatorial actions. The crowds peacefully marching and rallying to protect Immigrants and save Democracy were two-and-a-half times the projections by No Kings Day organizers, who had expected two million. Indivisible.org and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) led the organizing for what may well have been the largest ever nationwide protests. Other sponsors included the Communications Workers of America, the American Postal Workers Union, Retirees of New York City’s American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees District Council 37, the Federal Unionists Network, Federal Workers Against DOGE, the Labor Campaign for Single Payer and the United Electrical Workers. Those Unions and Union-allied groups - plus Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, the Progressive Democrats of America, and others, marched and rallied in more than 2,000 locations across the U.S. Turnouts like that led AFT President Randi Weingarten to laud “the scale, power, and the solidarity of this movement.” “Working People need our leaders in power to work for them. Wasting ($45 million) on a Trump birthday parade does nothing to help Working Families lower their costs, keep their health care or pay their bills,” the National AFL-CIO tweeted in support of the protest marches across the country. Two AFL-CIO Constituency groups, the Union Veterans Council and Pride@Work, also endorsed No Kings Day.

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Photo Courtesy Of CWA Local 1122’s Lori-Goodwin-Marranca’s Facebook Page, Taken At The No Kings Rally In Buffalo, New York Over The Weekend