Though this video segment bears the title Construction Workers Rally, much more than issues of labor are addressed. On May 8th of 1970, approximately two hundred demonstrating construction workers, mobilized by the New York State AFL-CIO, had attacked 1,000 high school and college students and others protesting the Kent State shootings, the American invasion of Cambodia, and the Vietnam War. In response to this event, which would become known as the “Hard Hat Riot,” several thousand construction workers and white-collared workers marched through New York City on May 11th, May 16th, and again on May 20th, to protest violent demonstrations, as well as Mayor John Lindsey’s perceived mismanagement of the riot on May 8th, and his overall failure to the city and its citizens.