Labor Day is all about celebrating the workers who have built up the foundations of our nation. However, many across the nation, in northeast Florida, and at the St. Johns Town Center made it clear on Monday morning that they feel the appreciation for the average worker has been lost and not made a priority by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis country would be terrible without them, and they\u2019re not really valued,\u201d Geanne Torbert said during a protest at the St. John\u2019s Town Center on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
One of the many complaints voiced by Monday\u2019s protestors was regarding federal cuts in research funding. The Supreme Court voted on August 21st to allow $783 million in federal funding cuts from the National Institutes of Health<\/a>, bringing President Donald Trump a legal victory for one of his initiatives to downsize federal spending.<\/p>\n \u201cYou get sick, how much money do you end up spending on your health care? Without research, our health care keeps going down,\u201d Michael Finn of the Beaches Democratic Club argued Monday.<\/p>\n The Trump administration has enacted legislation cutting taxes on tips and overtime pay initiatives that many in the labor force support.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n However, the administration also recently fired the head of labor statistics right after publishing reports that showed a slowing economy and labor force.<\/p>\n Now, many are continuing the call for better representation of America\u2019s working class within a Trump agenda they say leaves much to be desired.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way we respond is – A: being out here like today, stepping up, letting people see that we\u2019re not happy about something. B: Making our voices heard by voting,\u201d Finn explained. \u201cYou vote to tell the people that govern you what you want done for you and for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n The protesters Action News Jax heard from on this Labor Day promise to turn out in large numbers for the mid-term elections next year in their efforts to demand change for u-s workers.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Labor Day is all about celebrating the workers who have built up the foundations of our nation. However,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,69,3188,723,7310,45018,2180,107396,107397,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-192244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-labor-day","14":"tag-labor-force","15":"tag-michael-finn","16":"tag-st-johns-town-center","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115130751606479992","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}