A union organization is holding a rally in downtown Jacksonville on Saturday of Labor Day Weekend to protest government cuts to workers’ rights and to remind residents how the holiday for laborers got started.

The North Florida Central Labor Council is calling residents of Jacksonville to join their rally Saturday at 11 a.m. at 400 West Bay St. in the heart of downtown. The event is titled “Stand up for workers.”

Russell Harper , President of the organization, said it’s a good time to remind residents how labor unions secured rights for workers across America.

“It’s to protest the actions of Rick Scott and the current legislators we have that are anti-worker, anti-union and anti-any-kind-of-human rights, unless you’re the rich and wealthy,” Harper said.

The Labor Council is the

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