11am-12noon: Opening Rally, Civic Center Plaza
12noon-1pm: March through dowtown area *
1pm-4pm: Closing Rally, Civic Center Plaza
(* approximate departure and end time of the march)
The San Francisco March 20 march will begin and end in the Civic Center Plaza (City Hall/Polk & Grove Sts.) The opening rally will begin at 11 a.m. and last until a little after noon. The march will be joined by a labor contingent (which is having a pre-march event at the Plumbers Hall on Market St.), a faith-based contingent (which will be holding a pre-rally gathering at UN Plaza starting at 10:30 a.m.), and a student/teacher/parent contingent (look for banners at the corner of Larkin and MacAllister Sts.), and many others. People will be coming from all over Northern California for the march and rally.
The march will go through downtown San Francisco, passing by two hotels, the Hilton and the Four Seasons, in solidarity with the UNITE HERE Local 2 hotel workers who are fighting to win a new contract that maintains their health benefits. The march will also go by the Federal Building and return to the Civic Center by way of Market St. for a closing rally lasting until 4pm.
