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. HUMAN RIGHTS .<\/p>\n

An article by Brad Reed from Common Dreams<\/a> (reprinted according to Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). <\/p>\n

A broad coalition of organizations is banding together to stage thousands of planned May Day events across the US based around the theme of building an economy for \u201cworkers over billionaires.\u201d<\/p>\n

May Day Strong<\/a>, an initiative anchored by 500 labor and community organizations, is set to host more than 3,000 events throughout the country to demand higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans, an end to US Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the war with Iran, and an expansion of democracy over corporate rule.<\/p>\n

Organizers of the events are asking participants to refrain from engaging in any economic activity on May 1, which means \u201cno work, no school, no shopping.\u201d This particular action was inspired by the one-day general strike that residents of Minneapolis waged <\/a> in January to protest against the occupy of their city by federal immigration enforcement officers.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo from Labor Day mobilization last year<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Flagship demonstrations will be held in major US cities from coast to coast, with thousands of smaller events scheduled to take place in all 50 states.<\/p>\n

Neidi Dominguez, executive director of Organized Power in Numbers, said the rallies are being organized to ensure \u201cour tax dollars going to good jobs, schools, and housing, not to sending federal agents into our cities to attack our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebecca Winter, executive director of Mass 50501, framed the events as a way for Americans to exert economic leverage to protest injustice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people are done grinding to get by while our tax dollars fund wars abroad and concentration camps at home,\u201d said Winter. \u201cWe pay more for everything while those in power cash in. On May 1, we hit back with our wallets\u2014no work, no school, no shopping. We the people are the economy, and we decide when it stops.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greg Nammacher, president of Minnesota-based Service Employees International Union Local 26, drew on the Minneapolis experience to explain what the May Day protests are trying to achieve.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn January in Minnesota this year we experienced the power when community and workers act together to defend our rights and shared values,\u201d Nammacher said. \u201cThis May Day is a chance for us locally, and nationally, to build on those lessons: We are ready to fight to protect our families and our cities from the billionaire agenda of division and hate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), said the protests would also highlight inhumane US immigration policies and demand a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn May Day, we rise because worker justice is immigrant justice,\u201d Salas said. \u201cIt\u2019s been 40 years since the last time this nation recognized the contributions of immigrants by approving a pathway to citizenship. And it\u2019s been 20 years since La Gran Marcha\u2014when millions of people took to the streets to reject exclusion, racism, and criminalization of immigrant communities\u2014and we are still facing the same forces, especially under the Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The struggle for human rights, is it gathering force in the USA?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

How can we be sure to get news about peace demonstrations?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Braxton Winston, president of the North Carolina State AFL-CIO, described the demonstrations as a good way to bring new people into the movement and strengthen future actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow is the time to build coalitions between unorganized workers, unions, and community members for mass actions to disrupt the well-organized, joint efforts of corporations and the White House to exploit American workers,\u201d Winston said. \u201cThe actions we take on International Workers Day are about building the political, social, community, and labor coalitions needed to disrupt the status quo. The power we flex this May Day will fuel our unwavering commitment to building a bigger, more effective, unified labor movement to win victories for working families.\u201d<\/p>\n

. . . . COALITION . . . .<\/center><\/p>\n

The coalition for May Day Strong <\/a> lists many hundreds of sponsors.<\/p>\n

These include the two leading sponsors of the NoKings demonstrations that have drawn huge crowds in the past two years: <\/p>\n

Indivisible
\nMoveOn<\/p>\n

As should be expected from the fact that Mayday is the traditional celebration of workers, there are many sponsors from the labor movement, led by the national associations of teachers and professors :<\/p>\n

AAUP, American Association of University Professors
\nAFT, American Federation of Teachers
\nAPWU, American Postal Workers Union
\nJobs with Justice
\nNational Nurses United
\nNEA, National Education Association
\nStarbucks Workers United
\nUnited Steelworkers of America
\nUSSW, Union of Southern Service Workers
\nVSEA, Vermont State Employees Association<\/p>\n

Other major American trade unions are not represented nationally, but by a few locals:<\/p>\n

AFSCME, American Federation of State, City and Municipal Employees
\nCWA, Communication Workers of America
\nIBEW, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
\nIBT, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
\nSEIU, Service Employees International Union
\nUAW, United Auto Workers
\nUFCW, United Food and Commercial Workers
\nUNITE HERE<\/p>\n

Other important sponsors include:<\/p>\n

50501
\nCODEPINK
\nCommon Cause
\nDemocratic Socialists of America
\nFridays for Future, USA
\nGreenpeace USA
\nUnited States Student Association<\/p>\n

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