The evening remained peaceful however, with two huge-scale events event happening just feet away. Evening gowns and tuxedos walked past picket signs downtown.
A UAW rally to "save the American Dream" is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. at the UAW-Ford National Programs Center, according to a brochure from the union.
“Everybody’s trying to make things better for us so that we can have a legacy for our children, so we’re ready to do what it takes which is Stand Up and wait for something better that we deserve," he said.
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