A non-Occupy protest was held in Manhattan yesterday as union workers, including teachers, marched for "economic equality."

"All of us are out here to collectively say that enough is enough. It's time that government and corporate America address issues which are going to lead to a broad-based economic prosperity and address the fundamental problem that we see today, which is the lack of jobs," said Vincent Alvarez of the New York City Central Labor Council.

"Forty-four percent of all income goes to one percent of the population, and everybody else is struggling just to survive," said Stuart Appelbaum of the retail, wholesale and department store union.

"We're interested in the one percent paying their fair share,” said Lillian Roberts, president of District Council 37. “"We've come together to say jobs and justice.”