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This
May Day, Don’t Go to Work, Take to the Streets and Strike
A
migrant-led insurrection is daring, but hardly shocking…. More surprising,
perhaps, is the groundswell of protest from more mainstream unions and even
some employers…
By
Michelle Chen, Working In These Times
April
26, 2017
From
the Muslim ban to the border wall, President Donald Trump’s first 100 days have
unleashed a blitzkrieg of terror. But on May 1, the communities he thought he’d
backed into a corner will put him on the defensive with equal and opposite
force.
Maria
Fernanda Cabello, a leader of the grassroots organizing network Movimiento
Cosecha, issued a call to
action at an April rally in Washington, D.C., announcing planned actions in
more than 80 cities, potentially involving hundreds of thousands of people.
“We
think that we can win by using the biggest powers in the immigrant community:
our commerce and our labor … We work every day and we buy every week,” she
said. Legal or not, “We're in every major industry in this country, and without
us, it wouldn't run.”[…]
Read
the full article:
New York City Actions for May 1, 2017 (Partial List)
Creative rally and direct
action anchored by Make the Road New York before work. Immigrant family members
under threat or torn from their loved ones by Trump’s deportation machine take
a stand with the rest of our community standing shoulder to shoulder with them.
We take our demands directly to a prominent corporation with close ties to
Trump and his agenda.
Where:
Meet at sidewalk outside library steps, 5th Avenue & 41st Street at the
edge of Bryant Park) – we march from there to a site nearby
Participant(s): Make the
Road New York
More
information: https://www.facebook.com/events/276706456112125/,
http://www.backersofhate.org/
9:30 am – 12 pm: Stand Up for Workers' Rights at B&H
Photo!
UPDATE 7 am, May 1: The workers are going on strike; this will be a support rally.
Special picket for May 1. More than 300 warehouse workers employed by B&H Photo voted in 2015 to form a union to protect their rights on the job. Now, in the midst of negotiations for a first contract, management is threatening to shut down the Brooklyn warehouses where they work and relocate 75 miles away in NJ. NYC DSA has been picketing the B&H store at 34th Street and 9th Ave twice a week—every Friday and Sunday—throughout the spring.
Special picket for May 1. More than 300 warehouse workers employed by B&H Photo voted in 2015 to form a union to protect their rights on the job. Now, in the midst of negotiations for a first contract, management is threatening to shut down the Brooklyn warehouses where they work and relocate 75 miles away in NJ. NYC DSA has been picketing the B&H store at 34th Street and 9th Ave twice a week—every Friday and Sunday—throughout the spring.
Where:
34th Street and 9th Avenue
Participant(s):
NYC DSA, Laundry Workers Center
More
information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1933460510218834/?ti=icl
12
pm – 6 pm: May Day Strike to Defend Migrants, Refugees & All
Workers!
Stop the
Raids! Stop the Deportations! Stop Killing Black & Brown People! Stop the
Wars at Home and Abroad! Resist Trump and the 1%!
Where:
Union Square
Participant(s):
NYC Shut It Down: The Grand Central Crew, Peoples Power Assemblies,
International League of Peoples' Struggle - ILPS US, Cosecha NYC, Workers World
Party
More
information: https://www.facebook.com/events/246734485788270/
12:30
pm – 5:00 pm: 6th Annual Immigrant Worker Justice Tour
Rally
and march organized by local workers’ centers, immigrant rights groups, and
social justice
Where:
Gather at Washington Square Park (at Fifth Avenue, Waverly Place, West 4th
and MacDougal Streets); march route to be announced.
Participant(s):
Immigrant Worker Justice, ICE-Free NYC, International Women's Strike,
Coalition to End Broken Windows, Brandworkers, IWW - GDC, Black Alliance for
Just Immigration, Stardust Workers United, IWW - NYC GMB, New York Network of
Worker Cooperatives, Food Chain Workers Alliance, Enlace Intl., Laundry Workers
Center, New York Worker Center Federation, Families for Freedom, Retail Action
Project, Million Hoodies
More
information: https://www.facebook.com/events/278179889261251/
4:30
pm – 7:30 pm: May Day with DSA! El Dia Internacional de los Trabajadores
This
year’s International Worker’s Day, the Democratic Socialists of America stand
in solidarity with Movimiento Cosecha, a nonviolent movement fighting for
permanent protection, dignity, and respect for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the United States.
Where:
DSA will meet at 4pm in front of Barnes and Noble on Union Square, 33 E
17th St, New York, NY 10003.
More
information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2364662270426011
Events
will be happening in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn throughout the day. At 5 pm
New Yorkers from across the city will converge in Manhattan to stand together
and resist the policies of the Trump Administration. Join us as we hear from
musical performers who represent the diverse communities of New York City and
directly from people impacted by Trump’s bigoted and anti-worker policies.
Where: Foley Square, 111 Worth St, New York
Participant(s):
78 LIUNA, 79 LIUNA, African Communities Together, ALIGN, Arab American
Association of New York, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Building Trades,
Central Labor Council, Chhaya CDC, Citizen Action of New York, Community Voices
Heard, Council on American-Islamic Relations - New York, CWA Local 1180, DC37,
Faith in New York, Food & Water Watch, Greater NY Labor-Religion Coalition,
Hispanic Federation, Interfaith center of NY, Ironworkers Local 46, Jewish
Voice for Peace, Jews For Racial & Economic Justice, Lab/Shul,
LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Laundry, Distribution Food Service JB, Local 802 AFM, Make
the Road New York, Mason Tenders, MinKwon Community Action, Muslim Community
Network, NICE, NY Communities, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York
Immigration Coalition, New York Professional Nurses Union, New York State
Association for Bilingual Education, New York State Nurses Association,
Progressive Cities, PSC, Rural & Migrant Ministries, RWDSU, SEIU 1199, SEIU
32BJ, State AFL, Teamsters, Syria Solidarity NYC, TWU, UFT, U.S. Labor Against
The War - NYC Chapter, WITNESS, Workers United, Workers United New York,
Workmen's Circle, Writers Guild of America, East, and Yemeni American Merchants
Association, Yemeni Bodega Strike Organizers. (list in formation)
More
information: http://www.maydayny.org,
https://www.facebook.com/events/1804989066488877/
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