Labor Day became a full day of campaigning for many of the candidates for Memphis mayor, including Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton (pictured at left, top), former City Councilwoman Carol Chumney (pictured at left, bottom) and Memphis Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery.
All three rolled through the Workers Interfaith Network’s Faith and Labor Picnic in Midtown, where many other local politicians were already busy shaking hands.
Picnic organizer and Workers Interfaith Network executive director Rev. Rebekah Gienapp said the annual picnic attracts a lot of union workers (a big voting bloc) and the politically involved.
Appears to have been a very light turnout.