[category]
[title]
Labor Day gets a more pointed treatment at Boston’s second annual Labor Day Parade, which turns Copley Square into a meeting place for unions, performers and working-class organizers. The politics are explicit: this year’s march is focused on pushing back against corporate influence in democracy and advocating for working-class communities across Boston and Massachusetts. But the day is not all speeches and slogans. The lineup includes the Musicians Union Marching Band, Roberto Clemente Dancers, Good Trouble Brass Band, Lil Phunk and the Pipes and Drums of Edmonton Police Service, followed by speakers, live music, performances and food trucks back at Copley. The parade starts at 10am, with participants lining up on St. James Street from 8:30am. For anyone interested in the labor movement beyond its headlines, this is a useful chance to see its local coalition in public, on its own terms.