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    Nina offered a history lesson about how Labor Day emerged in the U.S. and how unions have helped produce 8-hour days and eliminate child labor while holding her “Labor Day Across Humboldt” sign with its “Workers Over Billionaires” and “No Dictators in America” messages.
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    An estimated 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” protestors gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    Elizabeth Kemper’s hand-made protest sign with the message “Yes We Can Put Workers Over Billionaires” expanded on the iconic “We Can Do It” poster that served and still serves as a symbol for women’s rights in the workforce.
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    Several musicians, members of the Raging Grannies and others gathered to sing songs at the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    Several musicians, members of the Raging Grannies and others gathered to sing songs at the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    An estimated 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” protestors gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    An estimated 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” protestors gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    An estimated 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” protestors gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    In the 1930s the “pants on fire” phrase was first printed in the Sunday World-Herald in 1933 as a quote from a wrestling promoter.
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    An estimated 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” protestors gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    M Clark brought her painting by Tim Okamura of a Black woman in the role of the “We Can Do It” poster that still serves as an advocate for women’s rights in the workforce.
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    An estimated 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” protestors gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    Luis Chabolla held a sign that included the “Good Trouble” message and photos of his father and his wife’s father wearing their World War II military uniforms.
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    Sharon and Penny said they arrived early with their signs at the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest to sit parked next to the curb on Fifth Street across from the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    Four under-30 “Workers Over Billionaires” protesters named Morgan, Liam, Zaya and Matthew stood on the courthouse steps holding their protest signs.
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    This protest sign used the double meaning of monarch for its “No Kings” message at the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    An estimated 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” protestors gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    An estimated 1,000 “Workers Over Billionaires” protestors gathered on both sides of the street outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.
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    Nezzie Wade carried an old protest sign that had been created by the late Ina Harris at the “Workers Over Billionaires” protest outside the county courthouse in Eureka on Monday, Sept. 1.