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John Hollenhorst reporting With so many thousands of people in the streets today it raised a question: What would be the impact on the economy if they all stopped working?
The idea of a work stoppage or a strike is under serious discussion in the Latino community.
We spot-checked a few restaurants and hotels today and couldn't find any major impacts from the rally.
But one of the organizers said it's a good thing it's a Sunday, otherwise a lot of businesses might have ground to a halt.
The purpose of the rally was to show unity and to give voice to strong feelings. But with the huge numbers today, a lot of people were talking about taking this a step further, with a one-day strike, possibly on May 1st. It would send a dual message: Latino's are important to the economy AND they work hard at many different jobs.
Alfred Olvera, Roy Resident: "Oh definitiely, yeah, construction, also restaurants, hotels, transportation, which I do. Housekeeping.. We represent all kinds of jobs (Reporter question: "What do you think the impact would be if everybody that is here today just stopped working?') Oh, it's going to be disaster if we all stop doing our jobs."
Luis Orosco, Nephi Resident: "There's a lot of people that are against Mexican people. They say we take their jobs. I don't think we take nobody's jobs. We only take the jobs nobody wants."
Organizer Tony Yapias told us a strike is under discussion, but no firm plans have been made.
