Protests organized by Indivisible MOV were held in Parkersburg, Williamstown and Marietta on Labor Day in support of the Workers Over Billionaires demonstrations nationwide. A demonstrator at City Park in Parkersburg shares his message. (Photo Provided)

PARKERSBURG — About 250 protestors participated in five events in Wood and Washington counties on Labor Day to ask drivers and pedestrians to put laborers over the wealthiest Americans, according to Indivisible MOV.

Workers Over Billionaires was a national day of action in the United States on Labor Day and local protests organized by Indivisible MOV were held throughout the holiday in Marietta, Parkersburg and Williamstown.

“I think it’s important people take a stand and do whatever they can to put up resistance to what’s happening in Washington, what’s happening in the White House,” said Nick Noel of Vienna. “We need to try and reclaim the rights that are being taken away from people.”

Janice Fenton of Williamstown protested because workers deserve a living wage.

“And also, West Virginia is losing thousands of jobs,” she said. “We are down 7,600 since the July jobs report. We need to do more than have workers build a ballroom.”

A demonstration was held on Monday in front of Parkersburg South High School as part of the Workers Over Billionaires protests held across the country. (Photo Provided)

Fenton and Noel participated in the protest at Tomlinson Park in Williamstown.

Eric Engle of Parkersburg, a labor union leader, attended one of the three Parkersburg protests on Seventh Street.

“I came out here to support federal employees and our unions,” Engle said. “We have lost our collective bargaining rights to bogus executive orders that are unlawful. Over a million of us, and counting. There’s more coming. I am here to represent federal employees and getting our collective bargaining rights back in any way we can.”

Maggie Meyer of Marietta attended the Williamstown event to show support for workers.

“I am disturbed by what (President Donald) Trump is doing,” she said. “America couldn’t function without the labor movement.”

Mary Kay Welch was among protestors at Tomlinson Park in Williamstown in a demonstration organized by Indivisible MOV as part of the Workers Over Billionaires protests on Labor Day. Protests were held in Marietta, Parkersburg and Williamstown and involved about 250 people. (Photo Provided)

Total counts for the protests were 88 people in Marietta, 38 at a protest outside of Parkersburg South High School, 37 on Seventh Street outside of the IBEW building, more than 50 at Parkersburg’s City Park and 46 in Williamstown.

The next meeting of Indivisible MOV will be held at 6:30 p.m. today at the Gathering Place in Marietta. Learn more about Indivisible MOV by searching for the group on Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and TikTok.

Diana Bonnell, Maggive Meyer and Mary Kay Welch at the Workers Over Billionaires protest on Monday at Tomlinson Park in Williamstown. (Photo Provided)