OMNI MAY DAY LABOR DAY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY MAY 1, 2026

“Today is May Day! Find an action near you:” Rashida Tlaib Thu, Apr 30, 2026 Dick, Workers across the country are rising up for change, as Americans struggle to put food on the table, keep a roof over their heads, and get the healthcare they need. This week I joined workers and my colleagues in Congress to launch the Living Wage for All Act, which would increase the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour to account for rising costs. This change is long overdue. The bill also establishes a standard to keep growing the minimum wage over time and, if passed, would eliminate all subminimum wages—which currently exploit tipped workers, youth, and disabled people. I’m a proud daughter of a union family, and I will continue to support workers and champion pro-worker legislation while challenging corporate greed. Tomorrow, I’m joining workers in celebrating and taking action for May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. Hundreds of organizations are coming together to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires by: · Taxing the rich to fund people’s needs like housing, healthcare, food assistance, public schools, and universal childcare. Corporations and the ultra-wealthy have worked to rig the system to avoid paying their share of taxes, and their wealth keeps growing while life gets harder for the rest of us. That needs to end. · Abolishing ICE and ending war: We don’t want our tax dollars funding a private army that’s serving authoritarian power and kidnapping, attacking, and killing our neighbors. · Expanding democracy: Hands off our vote! We won’t stand for Trump’s proposed takeover of our elections, and we’ll keep pushing back against attacks, such as this week’s racist Supreme Court decision to further destroy the Voting Rights Act. If you agree that we need urgent action, please click here to find a May Day rally or march near you and sign up to attend tomorrow. SIGN UP FOR TOMORROW May Day started here in the United States after 80,000 people showed up to rally and demand the 8-hour work day in Chicago’s Haymarket Square in 1886. Police attacked and killed protesters, and then framed primarily immigrant workers for violence (who were later pardoned). These Haymarket events sparked yearly worldwide celebrations of the labor movement on May 1, beginning in the late 1800s. But because of nationwide suppression of our labor movement, it took until 1937 to pass a federal law protecting the 8-hour workday. We’re still fighting for workers’ rights today. Unlike many of my colleagues in Congress, I grew up in a working class family. When my dad joined the United Auto Workers (UAW), he ensured we had health insurance for the first time. I understand how urgently we need transformative changes, and I stand firmly with workers and the labor movement. I’m proud that unions have already endorsed our 2026 re-election campaign, including National Nurses United, the National Education Association, the American Federation Of Government Employees Local 704, the Association of Flight Attendants, and UNITE HERE! Local 24. In the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, I’ve held Wall Street and corporate executives accountable. And at home, my team has held “organize your workplace” trainings with workers from Amazon, Starbucks, and more. I will continue leading transformative policies to end poverty, meet people’s needs, and save lives—including: · The Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act, which has over 70 cosponsors and has been endorsed by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). · Bills to cancel medical debt and utility debt, in addition to legislation that helps families pay for utilities including drinking water. · The Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act, which would raisetaxes on corporations that pay their executives more than 50 times the wages of their workers. · The Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights, which would end the subminimum wage for tipped workers (it has remained stuck at $2.13 an hour for over 30 years). I introduced this in partnership with worker members of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United. · The Economic Dignity For All Agenda to help ensure that every family and child has the resources needed to flourish, by providing regular cash assistance directly to individuals and families nationwide. Our movement is growing. Last year marked the most May Day events in U.S. history, so let’s keep up the momentum and demonstrate our power this year. Find a May Day event near you for tomorrow—Friday, May 1, 2026. You can also check out https://maydaystrong.org/ to find out more about tomorrow’s National Day of Action for Workers Over Billionaires, and about the coalition of organizations and unions promoting it. Together, we’ll keep fighting for the rights and dignity of all people, and for a thriving democracy that works for all of us. We’ll keep building the world we need and deserve. In solidarity, Rashida CHIP IN TO FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE https://rashidaforcongress.com/ Protect worker rights for all Amy Gottlieb, AFSC 5-1-26 AFSC logo

“Pathway to citizenship now.” Dear James, Today we celebrate May Day—International Workers’ Day. A day to honor the generations of people who have struggled to win labor rights and protections for us all—including safe working conditions, fair wages, and the freedom to organize. But today, many people across the U.S. are not fully protected by labor rights and protections. Immigration raids have left many afraid to go to work. Threats of deportation prevent workers from speaking out against hazardous conditions or employer abuse. Without permanent legal status, people can be denied their rights as workers. That has to change. Join us in telling Congress: Support a pathway to citizenship for all immigrants! Immigrants are vital members of our communities—not just as workers. They are our family members, friends, neighbors, and community leaders who have built lives here. They deserve to live and work freely, without fear of being torn from their families and communities. On this May Day, we are calling for labor protections for all and reaffirming our commitment to economic justice. We know that when we stand together, we are stronger. Together, we will create a more just and welcoming world, where all people have what they need to thrive. Tell Congress: Support a pathway to citizenship for all. In solidarity,

Amy Gottlieb U.S. Migration Director TAKE ACTION 5-1-26 Dick, this May Day is a wake-up call: in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, working people should not struggle to afford rent, groceries, and health care. Yet, that is the harsh reality for most Americans. And when it comes to solutions, we are constantly told that there simply is not enough money to make bold investments in our communities. But when it comes to money for detaining and deporting our immigrant neighbors, Congress had no problem finding $170 billion for mass deportations and human warehouses — paid for by gutting health care and slashing food assistance, while handing out tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. And right now, they’re trying to give ICE and CBP even more — to the tune of up to $140 billion. Those in power have made their priorities clear: instead of investing in working people’s needs, they’re focused on detaining and deporting as many immigrants as possible, no matter the cost. Enough is enough. We stand in solidarity with millions of people taking part in marches and mobilizations today to demand a different future for this country — one that puts people over profit and proves that we are more powerful when we stand together. Dick, this International Workers’ Day, we are clear in our demands: NO to detaining human beings in warehouses
NO to billions of dollars for ICE and CBP
NO to policies that put profit over people And YES to a government that works for the people. If you’re with us, send a message to your members of Congress today: We will never stop fighting for our communities, our rights, and a better future for all of us. Happy May Day, Dick — we’re grateful to have you in the fight with us. — National Immigration Law Center DONATE “Rest + Action: Musings on May Day + Learning Opportunities.” Beyt Tikkun. Dear Dick, Tomorrow is May Day, a day rooted in the long history of labor movements, and a reminder that struggles for worker rights and liberation are strongest when they move together. At Beyt Tikkun, we stand with those participating in the nationwide General Strike: no shopping, no work, no school. As we enter Shabbat tomorrow evening, we’re also holding the deeper resonance between May Day and Jewish practice. Shabbat asks us to pause, to refrain from labor, and to imagine a world not organized around endless production—but around rest, dignity, and collective liberation. We invite you to listen to Rabbi Cat’s reflections below, and to gather with us in person for a masked Shabbat honoring May Day. May Day Kabbalat Shabbat (Oakland)
Friday, May 1 · Doors at 6:15pm
First Unitarian Church of Oakland
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On International Workers’ Day, millions around the world will take the streets. In New York, we’re joining cities and towns across the U.S. to stand together — against war, against deportations, and against Trump’s billionaire agenda stealing our future.

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Dear Dick,

This Friday on May Day, tens of thousands of workers, students, and families will be marching, rallying, training, walking out and taking action together to demand: Tax the rich. Hands off our vote. No War, No ICE, Free Palestine. FIND A MAY DAY ACTION NEAR YOU Since the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, millions of Americans have been awakened not just to the reality of Israel’s apartheid regime, but to the interconnectedness of all of our struggles for freedom and justice across the world. It is U.S. taxpayer dollars stolen from our communities that have fueled the massacre and displacement of millions of Palestinians, and emboldened the Israeli state to expand its violence regionally and drag the U.S. into war with Iran.

May Day isn’t just one day, but the culmination and beginning of many more days, weeks, months, and years of organizing to fully and permanently end the wars and violence against our communities, and transform everyday reality for millions of working-class Americans.

Everything we are fighting for in building an anti-war movement is part of the fight for healthcare, universal childcare, housing, and the future we want for our children, loved ones, and community.

Help us make sure this Friday is our largest anti-war mobilization yet: · Find a May Day action to join near you. · Download the May Day Anti-War Toolkit to help you prepare for Friday, including action ideas, printable posters, and resources to help you have conversations with your family and community members on May Day and beyond! · Use our letter writing tool to tell your Members of Congress: No War, No ICE, Free Palestine.
The costs of corporate and billionaire greed are high. All of the wars and campaigns being waged against working people across the globe are profiting a select few and leaving the rest of us to suffer. Some pay with their lives, others with their health, and others with their inability to see family and be reunited with them.

Polling shows that the majority of Americans are against the wars and state violence being funded with our hard-earned tax dollars. This Friday, we have an opportunity to show that these statistics are more than just numbers on a screen. It is a chance to show what we stand for. FIND AN ACTION NEAR YOU DOWNLOAD THE ANTI-WAR TOOLKIT WRITE CONGRESS Members of Congress, corporate actors, and billionaire profiteers who are making violence possible against our communities here and abroad must hear from us. I hope you’ll join me in the streets on Friday. In solidarity,

Sumaya Awad
Director of Organizing
Adalah Justice Project

Adalah Justice Project is a Palestinian-led advocacy organization based in the U.S. that builds cross-movement coalitions to achieve collective liberation. Our work is rooted in the conviction that drawing the linkages between US policy abroad and repressive state practices at home is crucial to shifting the balance of power.

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Today is May Day, globally recognized as International Workers’ Day and observed worldwide by movements advocating for workers, migrants, Indigenous peoples, and marginalized communities. At Amazon Watch, we stand with the people – just as we have stood for nearly three decades with Indigenous Earth Defenders on the front lines of Amazon resistance. This is your chance to join that resistance. We’ve extended our Earth Month matching campaign until Friday! DOUBLE MY IMPACT! Every donation will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 – fueling urgent action to stop corporate destruction and defend Indigenous rights, gender equity, and climate justice. Thank you for rising with us for the Amazon and for Mother Earth. Support today means solidarity that lasts. With gratitude, The Amazon Watch Team P.S. Many employers match donations, too – check with yours to make your impact go even further!

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Dick, across the country, people are rising up: in the streets, at town halls, and in their communities. As Trump and his wealthy allies attempt to dismantle our democracy, attack our rights, and deport our neighbors, one truth remains clear: when working people stand together, we hold the power. This International Workers’ Day, we join working people across America to say: Enough is enough. We demand a future that works for all of us. We call for a future where every person in this country can thrive — where children are nourished and educated, workers are paid fair wages, health care is a right, and everyone can live with dignity. But today, those in control are threatening that vision. Instead of funding education, health care, and affordable housing, they’re pouring billions into mass deportations and detention. Instead of making sure everyone can see a doctor when they need to, they’re sending armed agents into hospitals. And instead of investing in programs like Medicaid and Social Security that millions rely on, they’re proposing tax cuts for billionaires. We demand better. This May Day, we’re sending a powerful message to Washington: Govern for the people, not billionaires. Invest in our communities, not in systems that tear us apart.

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Cuban people on May 1 in the Plaza of the Revolution. Photo: Miguel Díaz-Canel / X On May 1, 2025, millions of workers across the globe united in a powerful display of solidarity and resistance, commemorating International Workers’ Day. Across South Africa, workers rallied to address the nation’s high unemployment rates and wage disparities. In Havana, over 600,000 people gathered in the Plaza de la Revolución, with more than 5.3 million participating nationwide, demonstrating unwavering support for the Cuban Revolution despite severe economic hardships exacerbated by the U.S. blockade. In the United States, tens of thousands marched in over 1,000 cities to protest the Trump administration’s attacks on labor rights and immigrant protections. Demonstrations in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., highlighted issues such as union suppression, deportations, and cuts to public services.
The global mass mobilizations for May Day 2025 underscore that the global working class remains not only alive, but increasingly aware, active, and internationalist in its outlook. In every continent, workers marched not merely to commemorate past victories, but to confront the deepening crisis of the present.

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May 01, 2025 \| Listen Online \| Read Online James, Today is May Day—International Workers’ Day—a global celebration born in struggle and sustained by solidarity. It’s a day forged in fire and blood by the labor movement. A day that honors the workers who risked everything for the rights we have today: the eight-hour workday, child labor laws, weekends, overtime. None of that came from benevolence. None of it came from political parties. It came from strikes, picket lines, and people standing up together. I’ve been in those fights. As a former elected leader in my teachers’ union, I’ve watched firsthand what solidarity can do—how it transforms fear into courage and despair into power. And I’ve also watched the Democratic Party throw that power away. In California, they’ve spent years selling us out to the same corporate donors who bankroll the GOP. They let union-busting tech giants rewrite employment law. They gutted public pensions, ignored farmworkers, and slow-walked protections for gig workers into oblivion. They didn’t just forget the labor movement—they betrayed it. That’s why I’m proud to be organizing this campaign for Butch Ware and the Green Party. Because this is the only party that doesn’t take corporate money. And the only party that understands workers’ rights and human rights are one and the same. We believe in building power from the ground up—starting with the people most brutalized by this system, from the agriculture fields of the Central Valley to the refugee camps of Rafah. Steinbeck wrote: “In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.” May Day isn’t just about labor—it’s about liberation. Everywhere. For everyone. Chip in now and help us bring this message to every corner of California. And let’s not forget our history: The 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike. The 1965 Delano Grape Strike. The justice-for-janitors campaigns in the ‘90s. Even this week, 55,000 public employee went on strike in L.A. California has always been the beating heart of worker-led revolution. And too often, when those fights reached Sacramento, it was Democrats—bought off by the same bosses we were fighting—who stalled, watered down, or sold us out entirely. That’s why this moment demands something more. A party that’s not afraid to take the side of labor—every time. We can bring that spirit back. But not with Democrats holding the line for Google and BlackRock. Not with Republicans crushing unions in the courts. If we want a California that honors labor, we need a party that does too. We’re building a movement that organizes alongside workers—not over them. If you’ve had enough of broken promises and corporate puppets, chip in now. This May Day, let’s remember what solidarity can do—and let’s rebuild it together. In solidarity, Jason Call Campaign Manager, Butch Ware for Governor Donate to Butch Ware Butch Ware is running for Governor of California as a Green Party candidate to fight for a government that puts people first, not corporations. An anti-imperialist historian, scholar of revolution, and lifelong champion for justice, Dr. Ware is committed to building a California where healthcare is a right, housing is affordable, and our environment is protected. Join the rebellion and help us create a better future for all. Donate today, and let’s show the corporate parties that the people are in charge! DONATE >>