Tag: May Day
May Day general strike, a strong beginning to an ongoing campaign
Despite the pandemic, advocacy continues. We need to change the political narrative.
May Day People’s Strike! Target, Amazon, Instacart workers demand safe conditions...
“The corporations and the government are willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of us. We have to put people before profits.”
Workers around world mark May Day with marches and rallies demanding...
"A fighting workers' union is the answer" to workplace injustice.
‘May Day’ militancy needed to create the economy we need
On this May Day, we reflect on the history of worker power and present lessons from our past to build power for the future.
GOP marks international labor day by pushing death of mandatory overtime
Meanwhile Democratic lawmakers participated in demonstrations on Monday–to protest President Trump’s policies toward immigrant workers.
These kids used their spring break to protest Trump
Last week, hundreds of young people from around the country traveled to Washington, D.C. to stand up for their families and demonstrate against Trump’s immigrant policies.
One month to build massive actions
Let’s use our time well to organize and mobilize a protest that demonstrates our unified call for economic, racial and environmental justice.
May Day mass action will be a historic ‘strike from below’
“We need to show this administration, Congress and large corporate interests that our human and economic worth is more powerful than their agenda of hate and greed.”
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10 organizing principles for defeating Trumpism 2.0
We need principles that build power now and for the long term.
GOP plans to sidestep Senate rules to force $4.6 trillion tax giveaway for the...
Republicans aim to make Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent by bypassing the Senate parliamentarian—an approach Democrats refused to take to raise the minimum wage.
Why more environmental justice organizations must join the call for a militarism-free future
An open letter initiated by CODEPINK urges the world to take the arduous baby step of recognizing the deadly intersection of war and environmental destruction.
A lawyer who helped the Kushners crack down on poor tenants now helps renters...
This attorney used to represent companies owned by Trump’s in-laws, whose apartments were known for shoddy maintenance and aggressive legal tactics.
Trump Administration fires thousands of US health workers, putting well-being of Americans at ‘serious...
Termination emails were sent out to employees of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and several smaller agencies.