Dropkick Murphys Headline Bus Tour Rally for Union Rights in Cleveland
The Dropkick Murphys joined the AFL-CIO “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour stop in Cleveland on Sunday to play for the crowd gathered to rally for union rights.
Why It Matters:
UAW President Shawn Fain, Bricklayers (BAC) President Tim Driscoll and Utility Workers (UWUA) National President James Slevin fired up the crowd of attendees and Brute Squad—a quintet punk rock band composed of American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 4 members—opened the show. In addition to speeches from the union leaders, a pair of doctors who were recently fired from their jobs for trying to organize a union in their workplace also addressed the crowd.
“We have been organizing our fellow physicians into a union in order to strengthen the voice of frontline health care workers, including doctors, so that we can stand up for our patients rights to the best quality care— and we were just fired for doing so,” said Dr. Lauren Beene. “We are honored to be here, shoulder to shoulder with all of our union brothers and sisters because we are all fighting the same fight—for safety, for our patients, safety for our co-workers working in the hospitals and for their dignity and justice—we will not be silenced.”