Hundreds gather in Oakland, rally for workers rights, immediate ceasefire in Gaza NBC Bay Area [Video]

Hundreds of East Bay workers gathered at the Federal Building in Oakland Monday, fighting not only for their rights, but for the rights of others calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Signs, flags and demonstrators filled Clay Street in hopes of sending a clear message to law makers and government officials.

“We are here to say immigrants, workers, students, families, we are the ones who make this country work, and we need to be respected and have really true freedoms in our lives,” Lily Fahsi-Haskell of Critical Resistance, said.

Taking their message to the streets —  a coalition of hundreds of workers, students, union and non-union members marched through downtown Oakland, stopping traffic, and calling for a ceasefire and the end to U.S. military aid to Israel.

“It is our tax dollars at work that pay for the bombs to be sent over there. And we’re here to say, …