ORGANISERS of this week’s Mayday Rally are expecting 2000 people to march down Summer Street in protest of state government’s funding cuts.
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Unions are asking people to meet in Cook Park at 11am on May 5 and walk down Summer Street to Robertson Park.
One of the event’s organisers, the Central West Union Alliance’s Joe Maric, said Orange City Council has agreed to close the road to traffic during the march that’s expected to last for around 20 minutes.
Mr Maric said he expected a range of employment sectors to be represented at the march including the Coal Seam Gas Alliance, the Land Council and the Public Service Association.
“It’s open to anyone who wants to come,” Mr Maric said
“Really it’s for people fighting for a better outcome for their community and workplace.”
Mr Maric said this was the only Mayday rally being held outside Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.
“We want to let all the people in Sydney know that it’s not only about what happens on the other side of the mountains,” he said.
The march will be led by the wrecked utility of James Cantrill, who was one of the first people in NSW to be affected by changes to workers’ compensation laws that meant he was no longer covered by workers compensation for travel to and from work.
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