Unions hold march and rally for Labor Day in Detroit

You got it, Derek ever a little bit of both. We're talking about the union group celebrating the contribution of workers on this Labor Day with a march and rally at Roosevelt Park. The march set to kick off at nine o'clock this morning. Robin Murdoch live in Detroit following along. Robin, it's been a busy morning. Lots of activity. Yeah, I've been running around like crazy this morning, Dina. But you know what? That is fun. The fun part of working Labor Day and the fun part of documenting what has become a Labor Day tradition here in the Detroit area. The Labor Day parade. We have moved locations right now. We're now at Roosevelt Park right here in the Corktown area, right in front of the train station. This is where the mile long parade down Michigan Avenue ended. So that is why you are seeing just crowds and crowds of people out here right now. Thousands of people in just a little bit. They're going to have a big rally here, where a number of speakers are expected to talk about defending democracy and things like that. While we were out at the parade, though, we did see a number of people, a number of politicians actually walking with the various union groups that were taking part in this. Those politicians, they were taking advantage of the moment they were meeting and greeting those along the parade route and really trying to connect with some of the constituents out there. Now we saw Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is running for governor. We chatted with Eli Sabat, the prosecuting attorney in Washington, Washtenaw County, who wants to be the next attorney general. And we also had a quick interview with Democratic candidate for U. S. Senate Mohammed El Sayed as he walked with union members right down Michigan Avenue. I want you to take a listen now to a part of that conversation. Labor Day workers built this country. They built the middle class. They built the 40 hour work week. They built the fact that our kids go to school instead of going to work, and they can build them again. If we're willing to stand with our unions, that's why we gotta go fight for the Pro Act. We need we need we need elected officials. We're gonna stand up and just say union proudly. They built our past, they built our president, and they'll build our future. So you are strong. I'm proud to be a second generation union member. How to stand with these unions. I'm proud that they stand with me. And that was Democratic candidate for U. S. Senate Mohammed El Sayed speaking with us very briefly. As you know, he was just endorsed by the U. A. W. Back in June. Now again, we're at Roosevelt Park. You could see it right behind me. You could probably hear a band playing in the background and just a little bit. There's gonna be a number of union leaders who will be speaking here today. They're expected to talk about the importance of unions about voting rights and, of course, defending democracy. So it has been a jam packed today here covering the Labor Day parade, and there's still a lot more action happening right behind me here at Roosevelt Park. I'm Robin Murdoch. We're live here in Corktown. I'll send it right back to you guys.