Hundreds march through Downtown Atlanta, gather at State Capitol for May Day protest
Atlanta News First
[{'start': '1.040', 'end': '4.880', 'text': 'Right now in downtown Atlanta, hundreds'}, {'start': '2.960', 'end': '6.799', 'text': 'of people are marching for International'}, {'start': '4.880', 'end': '9.120', 'text': "Workers Day. It's a time for the labor"}, {'start': '6.799', 'end': '11.360', 'text': "force to advocate for itself. And it's"}, {'start': '9.120', 'end': '13.679', 'text': 'also known as Mayday, drawing attention'}, {'start': '11.360', 'end': '16.000', 'text': 'to fair wages, safe working conditions,'}, {'start': '13.679', 'end': '18.080', 'text': 'and more recently, immigration.'}, {'start': '16.000', 'end': '19.840', 'text': 'Political reporter Doug Reiran is live'}, {'start': '18.080', 'end': '24.320', 'text': 'at the state capital where workers are'}, {'start': '19.840', 'end': '25.760', 'text': 'rallying for those rights. Doug.'}, {'start': '24.320', 'end': '27.039', 'text': 'Yeah, good evening to you both. Things'}, {'start': '25.760', 'end': '28.720', 'text': 'started out right up the hill at the'}, {'start': '27.039', 'end': '30.640', 'text': 'state capital. They just ended right'}, {'start': '28.720', 'end': '32.079', 'text': 'here at city hall. Uh there were a lot'}, {'start': '30.640', 'end': '33.680', 'text': 'more people here a moment ago, but this'}, {'start': '32.079', 'end': '37.520', 'text': 'was only scheduled to go till about six'}, {'start': '33.680', 'end': '39.360', 'text': "o'clock. So essentially Mayday doubled"}, {'start': '37.520', 'end': '41.280', 'text': 'this year as a protest against the Trump'}, {'start': '39.360', 'end': '43.120', 'text': "administration's immigration and labor"}, {'start': '41.280', 'end': '45.440', 'text': 'policies. People out here called it a'}, {'start': '43.120', 'end': '47.039', 'text': 'war on workers. And unlike Labor Day,'}, {'start': '45.440', 'end': '48.520', 'text': "this isn't about appreciation. This is"}, {'start': '47.039', 'end': '53.360', 'text': 'about action for the'}, {'start': '48.520', 'end': '53.360', 'text': 'roughly 170 million American civilian'}, {'start': '54.199', 'end': '61.440', 'text': 'workers. From Athens, Greece'}, {'start': '58.239', 'end': '63.440', 'text': 'to the Coliseum in Rome'}, {'start': '61.440', 'end': '65.760', 'text': 'and at the Georgia State Capital,'}, {'start': '63.440', 'end': '67.280', 'text': 'workers matter. We built this country on'}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '68.560', 'text': 'our back. Workers around the world'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '70.960', 'text': 'rallied for their rights on'}, {'start': '68.560', 'end': '72.479', 'text': 'International Workers Day or Mayday. The'}, {'start': '70.960', 'end': '74.479', 'text': 'workers are the real people who are'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '77.040', 'text': 'supporting this country. With origins'}, {'start': '74.479', 'end': '79.600', 'text': 'dating back to the late 1800s, Mayday is'}, {'start': '77.040', 'end': '81.280', 'text': 'one of advocacy for better wages, safer'}, {'start': '79.600', 'end': '83.520', 'text': 'working conditions, and more worker'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '85.439', 'text': 'friendly leave policies. This year, we'}, {'start': '83.520', 'end': '87.200', 'text': 'got to show this current administration'}, {'start': '85.439', 'end': '89.360', 'text': 'that uh people still exist. They still'}, {'start': '87.200', 'end': '90.960', 'text': 'matter. Mayday rallies in America also'}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '92.720', 'text': 'took on the Trump administration.'}, {'start': '90.960', 'end': '94.799', 'text': 'Frederick Ingram is with the American'}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '96.400', 'text': "Federation of Teachers. Uh we don't want"}, {'start': '94.799', 'end': '98.320', 'text': 'billionaires to own this country. Our'}, {'start': '96.400', 'end': '100.400', 'text': 'healthcare matters, our education uh'}, {'start': '98.320', 'end': '102.079', 'text': "matters. What they're doing domestically"}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '103.600', 'text': 'and internationally matters. With'}, {'start': '102.079', 'end': '105.520', 'text': "Trump's recent crackdown on border"}, {'start': '103.600', 'end': '107.280', 'text': 'policies, there was also a laser focus'}, {'start': '105.520', 'end': '109.680', 'text': 'on the immigrant workforce. Leslie'}, {'start': '107.280', 'end': '111.759', 'text': 'Pomino is with Pter Latinx, one of the'}, {'start': '109.680', 'end': '113.680', 'text': "organizers of Thursday's rally. She said"}, {'start': '111.759', 'end': '115.600', 'text': 'the immigrant workforce is vital to the'}, {'start': '113.680', 'end': '118.079', 'text': "success of the country, but can't be if"}, {'start': '115.600', 'end': '120.159', 'text': "they're scared to show up to work. Um,"}, {'start': '118.079', 'end': '122.960', 'text': 'and something that we would hate to see'}, {'start': '120.159', 'end': '124.719', 'text': 'is ICE raids in workplaces. There these'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '126.479', 'text': "are safe places, and we're having to"}, {'start': '124.719', 'end': '128.959', 'text': 'remind our community to make their'}, {'start': '126.479', 'end': '130.959', 'text': 'safety plans right now. Tom Smith, a'}, {'start': '128.959', 'end': '132.640', 'text': 'labor expert with Emory University, says'}, {'start': '130.959', 'end': '134.640', 'text': "while the South isn't a big region for"}, {'start': '132.640', 'end': '137.040', 'text': "unions, there's always a benefit to a"}, {'start': '134.640', 'end': '139.680', 'text': 'happy workforce environment. And the'}, {'start': '137.040', 'end': '141.760', 'text': 'truth is that when workers are feeling'}, {'start': '139.680', 'end': '143.520', 'text': 'safe and when workers are safe, when'}, {'start': '141.760', 'end': '146.520', 'text': "they're protected, they are more"}, {'start': '143.520', 'end': '146.520', 'text': 'productive.'}, {'start': '147.599', 'end': '151.120', 'text': 'And another big thing that workers here'}, {'start': '149.280', 'end': '152.959', 'text': 'in Georgia were asking for is for the'}, {'start': '151.120', 'end': '154.879', 'text': 'state to give more paid family and'}, {'start': '152.959', 'end': '157.599', 'text': "medical leave. Right now, you can't can"}, {'start': '154.879', 'end': '159.360', 'text': 'uh get up to six weeks for family leave.'}, {'start': '157.599', 'end': '161.360', 'text': 'Efforts to bump that up a couple more'}, {'start': '159.360', 'end': '163.840', 'text': 'weeks. This legislative session did not'}, {'start': '161.360', 'end': '166.480', 'text': "work out. We're live at city hall. Dub"}, {'start': '163.840', 'end': '166.480', 'text': 'Atlanta news'}]