May Day Protests: Workers Unite Against Trump Policies

0:00On April 22nd, Mayday's strong is hitting the streets on May 1st, with a big call to action, no work, no school, no shopping. It's a nationwide push against Trump administration policies, inspired by those huge no-kings protests in March and a shutdown in Minneapolis back in. January, organizers won rallies, marches, and teachings everywhere to spotlight workers' power, a coalition of labor unions, democratic socialists of America chapters, indivisible, and groups fighting for racial justice, immigrant rights, and more are behind it. They're expecting over 3,500 events, from walkouts to street actions, all under slogans like workers over billionaires, tax the rich, and money for people not wars. Folks in the movement see this as key to linking labor fights with defending democracy. Leaders like Nady Dominguez, from organized power and numbers, say working people can't defend big ideas if they can't pay bills or get health care.

1:01Unions like the Chicago Teachers Union got May 1st named a day of civic action there, and the National Education Association put out planning. Guides. This isn't a full general strike yet, that's years off, with 2028 as the target, thanks to the United Auto Workers' Urgent Contracts 2. Expire them. Labor expert Eric Blank notes, real strikes like that are rare in the U.S., since laws like Taft Hartley clamped down, but they could pack a punch against. Authoritarian moves. May Day has deep roots, starting with Chicago Strikes in 1886, led by folks like Lucy Parsons. It's time to reclaim it for the working class, building solidarity now, so the world stops without workers when it counts.