Chicago Sun-Times/[[April 25, 2006]]/[[Maureen O'Donnell]]/ link

Discusses a Haymarket Square meeting to plan the May 1 2006 Chicago march.

Organized labor linked arms with the immigration issue Monday at a Chicago street corner with powerful symbolism.

(Dennis Gannon), head of the Chicago Federation of Labor, pledged support for pro-immigrant rallies planned for May 1, which is May Day -- International Workers Day.

...Speakers from a variety of labor groups called for amnesty for illegal immigrants, a fast track to citizenship, family reunification and workers' rights. They also predicted the May 1 gathering will be even larger than Chicago's March 10 pro-immigrant rally.

"The historic mobilization we saw this last March 10th was just the beginning of a movement," said Tom Balanoff, president of SEIU Local 1.

"We don't want to go from being poor, undocumented workers to being poor, documented workers," said Jorge Mujica, an organizer of the March 10 rally. "It's not going to give us health care; it's not going to give us the overtime employers are not paying us."