TWU Local 100 at the Puerto Rican Day Parade

Content from 2016 Puerto Rican Day Parade

 

Gorgeous weather and a sea of red, white and blue greeted hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers to the Puerto Rican Day Parade, the city’s largest, on Sunday June 12. Backed by a large union float with a DJ, TWU Local 100 marched up Fifth Avenue in unity.

The union’s theme this year was a demand that Congress act appropriately to allow Puerto Rico to address its current debt crisis. TWU Local 100 has publicly insisted that Congress restore Puerto Rico’s legal authority to declare Chapter 9 to restructure its debt to save its economy, jobs, schools and all vital public services.

In a statement released to the press on behalf of TWU Local 100, Administrative Vice President Angel Giboyeaux said: “The Puerto Rican crisis is not simply numbers on a balance sheet. It is people suffering. Children. The elderly. The sick. It’s a humanitarian crisis. Congress needs to pass legislation allowing Puerto Rico to file for Chapter 9 Bankruptcy just like Detroit and other municipalities have done when faced with insurmountable and crushing debts.”