Northern Nevadans turned out on Thursday for a May Day protest at the Bruce R. Thompson Federal Building on Virginia Street.
It happened from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and featured members of the Northern Nevada Central Labor Council, Indivisible Northern Nevada, and 50501 NNV, according to a release from the Northern Nevada Central Labor Council.
This year's protest was designed to call attention to what those attending call President Trump's targeting of workers and unions, as well as issues with the president's actions involving the justice and court systems and treatment of migrants, including what protesters call the withholding of due process.
The rally featured speakers including Ross Kinson, President of the Northern Nevada Central Labor Council, and Rob Benner, Secretary-Treasurer of the Building & Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada.
We reached out to both the Washoe County GOP and Governor Joe Lombardo for a response to the May Day protest, but we have yet to receive one.
