May Day Means Resistance

 What
In solidarity with ʼMay Day Strongʼ nationwide events we will be holding space for community members to demand the society we all deserve.

How?
Create your sign, collect your friends and stand with us on the courthouse sidewalk facing Grand River during rush hour.

When
Thursday 5/1 from 3:30-5:30pm

May Day, which falls on May 1 each year, is an international day celebrating the working class which has often been marked by mass demonstrations and protests. This year, May Day is particularly important given that what we need right now is a united working-class movement that can shut down business as usual.

All of the basic rights workers in the U.S. have today, like the eight-hour work day, were won through working-class struggle. As T rump attacks everything from the right to protest to federal workers’ right to bargain a union contract, the only force that will be able to stop him is the organized working class. The struggle against T rump and the billionaire class today must take lessons from the history of May Day, and use this May Day as a rallying point to unite the struggles against T rump’s attacks and build the strongest possible movement to oppose his divide-and-rule administration.

In the almost 150 years since the first May Day, the divide between the rich and poor has grown even starker. The top 10% owns 70% of all wealth, and the ruling class uses divide-and-rule tactics to ensure it stays that way. Trump and the billionaire class are attacking all workers while using immigrants and trans people as scapegoats, because his administration has no real solution for the deep economic crisis facing working people.

It is very encouraging that the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Federal Workers Union (FUN) are organizing May Day rallies across the country, alongside other unions and union federations. We must use these rallies to continue building a movement that will go even further, because rallies alone won’t be enough. We need to use our most powerful weapon: a strike. This year’s May Day should serve as a springboard for a nationally coordinated strike against Trump, Musk, and the billionaire class.

The legacy of the fight for worker’s rights is a powerful reminder that workers are the ones who make society run, and when united, we have the power to shut it down. The only way to win truly lasting change and a just society is by fighting for a future where workers themselves democratically plan the economy around human need, not corporate profit!

This May Day, gather in defiance of tyranny and oppression. Gather to create communities based in solidarity and mutual aid. Gather and stand united for human rights. Gather with everyone who wants a better life. Gather to show that another world is possible!

May Day is the perfect time to focus on building up powerful grassroots movements. Bring your signs, your voices, and your friends. SHARE on all platforms.