George Mann and Si Kahn - Solidarity Day

2. Solidarity Day (George Mann and Si Kahn): I wrote this song for and first performed it at the Solidarity Day march on September 19, 1981, when over 250,000 union members and their supporters filled the streets of Washington, DC. The march was called by the U.S. labor movement to protest then President Ronald Reagan’s firing of 12,500 air traffic controllers, who were striking to demand wage increases, safer working conditions, a 32-hour week, and an end to long shift patterns