Migrants’ walk-outs hit business across US

“US farms, restaurants, meat processing companies and other businesses were hit by walkouts on Monday as hundred of thousands of immigrants across the country rallied to underscore their importance to the economy and to protest against legislation that would target illegal migrants.

In Los Angeles, where the the protest march stretched out for more than mile and was growing late on Monday, local reports said that only 10 per cent of the truckers serving the Port of Los Angeles turned up. The union representing California farmworkers said tens of thousands had joined marches and rallies, leaving many fields empty for a day.”

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