A stark contrast to Trump’s dysfunctional vision for America, communities are set to gather to celebrate the labor movement that immigrants are integral to
Essential immigrant workers, students, families, union members and allies are set to take to the streets this upcoming May 1, International Workers Day, to celebrate the achievements of the labor movement and fight for a future that’s fairer and more just for all workers. In Los Angeles alone, more than 55 groups that make up the Los Angeles May Day Coalition plan to take to the streets to defend their communities against attacks on health care, vital federal programs like Social Security and Medicare, workplace rights, and the dignity of all workers.
“Working people, including immigrants, power this city, this county, and this country,” said Pedro Trujillo, Director of Organizing for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) and lead facilitator for the LA May Day Coalition. “We keep our communities running. We are coming together to demand all hands-on deck to fight for our families, collective rights, safety, and future.”
This #MayDay, workers across the nation are rising up to say: One Struggle, One Fight — Workers Unite!✊🏽Join us to defend immigrant justice, worker justice, & justice for ALL our communities.🫂🌟📅 May 1 🕘9 AM📍Olympic & Figueroa, DTLA#InternationalWorkersDay #OneStruggleOneFight #SomosCHIRLA
With May Day events expected in nearly 1,000 cities across all 50 states, you too can be a part of the action. In some areas, May Day events are continuing on into the weekend, giving you a greater chance to participate. Make sure to check out both websites below for events near you (and more information on some of the great groups helping to organize them) – and then please share with your family, friends, and neighbors:
This #MAYDAY, we the working people in this country are coming together in the face of a national crisis to declare: We are demanding dignity, fair wages, and safety —for every worker!When: May 1, 2025Where: A city near you!URL: may1dayofaction.org #MayDay2025 #ImmigrantRights
— Refugee Council USA (@rcusa.bsky.social) 2025-04-29T19:20:23.341Z
Join a May Day mobilization on Thursday to remind Trump and the oligarchs controlling our government of working people’s power. We’ve teamed up with organized labor, immigrants’ rights groups and Hands Off! allies for a nationwide show of working people’s solidarity: maydaystrong.org?utm_source=i…
In New York, Nisha Tabassum, lead organizer for worker issues at Make the Road New York said the organization is joining over 50 unions and advocacy groups and immigrants’ rights groups at Foley Square.
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— Make the Road Nevada / Se Hace Camino Nevada (@maketheroadnv.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T20:33:27.400Z
“We are the many; they are the few,” Tabassum told Democracy Now. “It’s time to stand back and fight. So we’re really encouraging everyone to come join us, come march with us … May Day is rooted in resistance. And this is a moment that we all need to come together to fight against these federal cuts, to fight against the attacks on all different kinds of workers, especially immigrant workers.” Jorge Mújica, strategic organizer for Arise Chicago, said that May Day events in Chicago will seek to note the importance of immigrant workers to essential industries like agriculture and hospitality.
Roughly 2.4 million farmworkers nationwide are the backbone of the agricultural industry and keep food on our tables. At least half of these workers lack legal immigration status. In California, this number could be as high as 75%. Without the skilled and essential labor of these workers, we don’t eat. Don’t forget that immigrants are also the backbone of the construction industry. Immigrants are our children’s teachers, caregivers for our loved ones, and frontline workers keeping our nation healthy. Immigrants are not only major participants in the U.S. workforce, representing one in six U.S. workers, they are significant contributors to our economy and help keep critical social programs alive. When workers thrive, our nation thrives.
Ahead of the national May 1 actions, May Day Strong held a virtual rally featuring speakers including American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, who said she was getting out on the streets to say she has immigrants’ backs:
“We are standing up for our immigrant siblings,” Weingarten said in her remarks. “We are standing up for the child who was deported while she had cancer treatments in this country. We are standing up for Kilmar Abrego García and his family. We are standing up for due process. We are standing up for all of our undocumented children who need an education. We are standing up. That’s what we are doing this May Day.”
