CHICAGO (WLS) -- Local union leaders and Mayor Brandon Johnson rallied at the Chicago Labor Day march Monday.

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Hundreds of people gathered to represent not just the city's labor movement, but a variety of advocacy and community groups, as well.

Organizers said they are taking a stand against what they call "the Trump led billionaire takeover of government."

"We're going to defend our democracy in the city of Chicago. We're going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago," Johnson said.

The march began with a rally at the Haymarket Memorial sculpture in the West Loop.

The sculpture commemorates the bombing of a crowd on the evening of May 4, 1886. The crowd was protesting the violent deaths of workers

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