'We are all in this together': May Day Strong protestors gather at Omaha City Hall amidst politic...
KETV NewsWatch 7
[{'start': '1.501', 'end': '4.604', 'text': "WITH THE INVESTIGATION.  ALL RIGHT.  IT'S MAY 1ST.  IT'S MAY DAY, A DAY TO RECOGNIZE  THE LABOR CONCERNS ACROSS THE  COUNTRY.  MAY DAY STRONG HELD A NATIONAL  DAY OF ACTION PROTEST AT CITY  HALL.  KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S MADISON  PERALEZ IS LIVE THERE WITH WHAT  ORGANIZERS, WITH WHAT ORGANIZERS  ARE FOCUSING ON.  MADISON.  YEAH, PROTESTERS WERE PLAYING  MUSIC, HOLDING SIGNS AND  EXERCISING THEIR FREE THEIR  RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.  THEY HOPE THAT THEIR LOCAL  GOVERNMENT LEADERS WILL TAKE  ACTION TO HELP THE WORKING  CLASS.  AMIDST THE TARIFFS AND FEDERAL  JOB CUTS.  PEOPLE GATHERED ON THE STEPS OF  OMAHA CITY HALL THURSDAY.  DEB MANNING SAYS MAY DAY  PROTESTERS WERE HERE TO FIGHT  FOR LABOR UNIONS IN THE MIDST OF  POLITICAL TENSIONS.  TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,  INCLUDING UPS DRIVERS AND THOSE  ARE GOOD JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITIES  ARE GOING TO BE LAID OFF BECAUSE  CHINA IS STOPPING ALL SHIPMENTS  TO US.  AND THOSE UNION LABOR JOBS ARE  SUPER IMPORTANT, AND THEY NEED  TO BE PRESERVED.  MANNING SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE  TO SPEAK UP UNTIL THEY'RE HEARD.  WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO SILENTLY  INTO THE NIGHT WHILE OUR  DEMOCRACY CONTINUES TO GET  DESTROYED.  DEANA RILEY IS HERE NOT ONLY FOR  HERSELF.  SO I'M OUT HERE FOR US, FOR MY  CHILDREN, AND FOR MY  GRANDCHILDREN, AND FOR THE  FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY.  SHE SAYS SHE WANTS LEADERS TO  KNOW CITIZENS ARE STILL PART OF  THE GOVERNMENT.  WE'RE BEING FORGOTTEN.  YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ON THE  NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT EVEN WITH  OUR STATE LEGISLATORS WHO  REPEATEDLY IGNORE THE THINGS WE  VOTE FOR.  JEN, WHO WORKS IN HEALTHCARE AND  SAYS SHE WANTS CHANGE FOR HER  PATIENTS.  OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GET  THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.  THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO  LIVE THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEY  HAVE NO ONE TO HELP THEM GET  THROUGH THEIR PROBLEMS.  HENRY KNIGHTS REASON FOR BEING  HERE IS SIMPLE.  HE WANTS UNITY.  YOU CAN AT LEAST RESPECT EACH  OTHER'S OPINIONS.  SO WE OFTEN WORK TOGETHER  BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THIS.  CARS DRIVING BY HONKED THEIR  HORNS, SHOWING SUPPORT WHILE THE  PROTESTS ECHOED A THEME OF  TOGETHERNESS AND UNITY IN OMAHA."}]