Thousands of people turned out in cities across the U.S. on Monday to protest President Trump and billionaires on Labor Day.
May Day Strong, a coalition of dozens of labor and advocacy groups, organized more than 1,000 protests and other events in more than 900 cities. The nationwide push, backed by the AFL-CIO, is dubbed "Workers over Billionaires."
Organizers told The Hill they expected several hundred thousand people to attend the events across the country on Monday.
Protestors took to the streets in large cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, while demonstrations extended to numerous other cities and states, from Washington, D.C., to San Diego, and pockets of Florida to Idaho.
The protests are generally focused on what critics view as excessive influence a