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Did you know May Day started in the US? It's true! On May 1st, 1886, Chicago labor unions went on strike for an 8-hour work day with 80,000 people marching up Michigan Avenue in the first mass May Day March. They chanted: "8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for what we will." This was the start of a years-long mobilization by labor workers that got us the labor rules we have now. And, May Day was adopted all over the world! Read more on our blog: indivisiblesf.org/blog/origins

May Day Strong: We are the Many
Thursday, May 1, 12 – 3pm MDT

Billings City Hall, 316 N 26th St, Billings, MT

#BillingsMT #BillingsMontana #Montana #MTPol #MayDay
mobilize.us/mayday/event/77611

MobilizeMay Day Strong: We are the Many · May Day StrongAcross the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. **We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes**—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, housing over homelessness. Musk, Trump and their fellow profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices. **May Day 2025 we are standing united.** We're organizing for a world where every family has housing, healthcare, fair wages, union protection, and safety—regardless of race, zip code, or immigration status. They’re defunding our schools, privatizing public services, attacking unions, and targeting immigrant families with fear and violence. This is a war on working people—and **we will not stand down**. This May Day, we will turn the page. This is the beginning of a new era—one where working families lead, immigrants are protected, and no one is left behind. This is not charity. This is not a request. We are reclaiming our power from corporate elites, and we will not be intimidated by Trump, Musk, or their billionaire backers. They’ve ruled for too long. **Their time is up.** STOP THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER. WE ARE THE MANY. THEY ARE THE FEW. THIS IS MAY DAY. JOIN US.

#MayDay event in #PortlandMaine!

May Day
#NationalDayOfAction
#StopTheBillionaireTakeover

Thursday, May 1
3:30 - 6pm EDT

USM Portland Campus | Green Space in front of McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success
35 Bedford St.
Portland, ME 04101

Organized Locally by the Maine May Day Committee.

@Todd : "We’ll begin at 3:30 on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine to speak out against Trump’s threat to our public universities. And, we’ll march on the boss to demand the UMaine system bargain in good faith and sign a union contract with graduate student workers represented by the United Auto Workers. The two go hand in hand.

Next, we’ll march to the Post Office on Forest Ave to oppose Trump’s threats to privatize it and hear from workers threatened with mass layoffs. Then up past Portland High School and the Portland Public Library in solidarity with educators and students opposed to Trump’s destruction of the Department of Education and his attacks on LGTBQ+ and immigrant students. Finally we’ll march up Congress Street during rush hour to the Portland Museum of Art to support funding for the arts and hold a final community rally starting around 5:00 pm. We’ll have a program of speaking out against Trump’s attack and offering ideas about how to deepen solidarity between all the different parts of our movement for democracy and justice.

We need your help. Please attend the march if you are able. It’s a big state, so if you can’t get to Portland, please support or organize another action in your town or region hosted by the Maine Education Association and the Maine AFL-CIO or any other community group that steps up to stand up. Strength in solidarity."

@AIF_Massachusetts

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#Spring is a time for a lot of traditional + #pagan celebrations. Here's a post of mine from last year for Ūsiņš Day the #Latvian celebration for the #CrossQuarterDay around #MayDay though Christianisation has often bumped it up to April 23- nearly on top of #Easter this year. I'm happy to lump them all together- the first flowers, warming weather, the greening soon to come, renewal of life- and some chocolate! I'll be out looking for bees today. #SeasonalRhythms #nature
cohanmagazine.blogspot.com/202

cohanmagazine.blogspot.comTime of Flowers/ May Day; Ūsiņš and Ziedu Māte: A God and Goddess to bring Green, Flowers and Bees  NOTE: I originally started a post showcasing the first bees on the first flowers- wild Aspen and Willow catkins, then the earliest flowers...

Call from Gaza unions to U.S. workers: Put your solidarity into action to stop the genocide

mondoweiss.net/2025/04/call-fr

On the eve of May Day, the General Federation of Trade Unions in Gaza calls on workers in the U.S. to translate their solidarity into effective actions that go beyond statements and create real pressure to stop the Gaza genocide.

#MayDay #GeneralStrike #BeThere!

Immigrant rights groups, labor unions plan May Day march to demand end to Trump's mass deportations

By Beth Godvik, April 17, 2025

"Activists for immigrant rights gathered at Federal Plaza in #Chicago on Thursday morning to prepare for a protest rally and march next month to demand the Trump administration halt mass deportation efforts.

"The Chicago Coalition Against the #Trump Agenda – a group of labor unions and community organizations – said they plan a massive march on May Day, the annual May 1 holiday celebrating workers and their rights.

" 'The very constitutional pillars of First Amendment protections are under attack,' said Chicago Teachers Union vice president Jackson Potter.

"This year, many marches have been planned to focus on immigrants, including at Union Park in Chicago.

"The May Day march in Union Park will urge the Trump administration to end mass deportations of immigrants immediately.

" 'That is why we will be marching in the thousands in broad coalition on #May1 to ensure we are rising up and protecting the rights of immigrants and migrants,' said Nazek Sankari, co-chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network Chicago.

"Organizers plan to begin the march at 11 a.m. on May 1 as part of an effort to mark #InternationalWorkersDay with events all across the country.

" 'This May 1 participation by our unions will be a representation of our stepping forward further into this fight, along with every other worker across the world,' said Loreen Targos, executive vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704."

cc: @MikeDunnAuthor

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