Before the performance, a union rally opposite the opera house provided some life-imitates-art relevance to "Black Tuesday."

On May 24 a union rally was tear-gassed, and Sheriff Blair rescinded county members' right to assemble.

Killing forty-three men in broad daylight at a union rally was okay.

"I'm reaching out directly to households of workers and union members," he told reporters on Sunday after a union rally in Rochester.

Mayoral politics were also on display at the union rally yesterday.

Bloomberg administration officials said the union rally planned for Tuesday would not pressure them to alter their bargaining position.

The governor's aides noted that he was not invited to the recent union rally.

In 2003 he also gave a speech supporting higher wages for firefighters at a union rally.

Over time Kelly began performing at union rallies and would get called to play at picket lines.

"We recognize the need to balance the budget and we're going to balance the budget," he told a clothing and communication workers' union rally.