Want To Know How That Bodega Strike in NYC Turned Out?
As we reported two days ago, a strike of Yemeni bodega and grocery store employees took place in NYC yesterday. Interested in seeing how their strike and rally against the travel ban on immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim majority nations turned out? Have a look:
Hundreds of Yemeni bodega owners and workers praying outside Borough Hall pic.twitter.com/uzY5Wm1pz3
— Lauren Gill (@laurenk_gill) February 2, 2017
As a hasidic jew I felt the importance to stop by at my local bodega to show support 4 #MyYemeniNeighbor Sami & Mohammad. #BodegaStrike ???? pic.twitter.com/HNMAA98j0X
— David Schwartz (@DavidSchwartz48) February 3, 2017
Yemeni-Americans on steps of Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn are chanting “USA, USA” in rejection of insinuations that they don’t belong pic.twitter.com/6HOwZE6uft
— Ben Piven (@benpiven) February 2, 2017
I guess @realDonaldTrump didn’t get the memo: When you try to tear us apart, you only make us stronger. #BodegaStrike #MyYemeniNeighbor pic.twitter.com/1KNBZrrVzu
— Justin Brannan (@JustinBrannan) February 2, 2017
One of the most powerful demonstrations I’ve ever seen #bodegastrike pic.twitter.com/NM95aN3irG
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) February 2, 2017
Here is an image from #BodegaStrike. #NoBanNoWall pic.twitter.com/9bvdRlJjIO
— Jesse Hamilton (@SenatorHamilton) February 2, 2017
When taxi drivers & bodega workers strike, that’s powerful: they’re the cultural fabric of NYC. Let’s stand with them! #bodegastrike ✊ pic.twitter.com/m4Qlg99Ik1
— Lucky Tran (@luckytran) February 2, 2017
.@IDaneekMiller, the only Muslim @NYCCouncil member: “This is what democracy looks like.” #BodegaStrike #MyYemeniNeighbor pic.twitter.com/hULeko9JYZ
— Benjamin Fang (@benfangBQE) February 2, 2017
Prayer at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall. Aerial photos of the Yemeni bodega strike : pic.twitter.com/EUbhPMiMrE
— Sam Kestenbaum (@skestenbaum) February 2, 2017
View from my office of the Yemeni Bodega Owner’s Strike protesting travel ban in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall. #NoBanNoWall pic.twitter.com/dWfRs8ucXn
— Starfishncoffee (@starfishncoffee) February 2, 2017
We estimate ~5K #BodegaStrike participants and supporters came to #Brooklyn Borough Hall to #UnifyAndDefy, supporting #MyYemeniNeighbor. pic.twitter.com/cb9Q3VlNpt
— Eric Adams (@BPEricAdams) February 3, 2017
This is what America looks like #BodegaStrike #NoBanNoWall #RESISTANCE pic.twitter.com/kwep7W15yu
— Andrew Redlawsk (@AndrewRedlawsk) February 3, 2017
#BodegaStrike 1st and 7th ave Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/8lhsPpu2ml
— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) February 2, 2017
The crowd at Borough Hall for the Yemeni bodega-owners strike is enormous. pic.twitter.com/rxTFZP1qCw
— Nick Pinto (@macfathom) February 2, 2017
Jubilant scene at #BodegaStrike rally at Borough Hall pic.twitter.com/71ydiazdPJ
— Rebecca McCray (@rebeccakmccray) February 2, 2017
Thousands came out to protest the ban in a way that was similar to the NYC taxi cab drivers’ strike.
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