Providence, Rhode Island, on 05-03-2008 04:34
By JIM BARON
PROVIDENCE — After snarling Friday rush hour traffic in downtown Providence with a “Unity March” from the Westin Hotel to the Statehouse, a coalition of labor and community groups held a rally in support of state workers, immigrants and union labor.
As the procession moved past the Providence Place Mall and up the sprawling Statehouse lawn, the marchers, some carrying picket signs, other carrying umbrellas against the cold drizzle, chanted, “We’re fired up, and we can’t take it no more.”
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