Labor rally held outside Petco Park

AFT Guild at Petco Park

 

CBS Channel 8.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Approximately 1,600 union members  to joined government officials in a giant Labor Day rally at Petco Park on Monday (September 7, 2015).

California Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Imperial County, Assembly members Marty Block, Lorena Gonzalez and Shirley Weber, and City Councilman Todd Gloria  attended the rally, along with leaders from the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council.

The rally, which preceded the Padres’ 1:10 p.m. baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, began at 11:30 a.m. in the stadium parking lot at 12th and Imperial Avenue.

Video of the event can be seen Here