May 1st, or May Day, has always been a time to celebrate the labor union movement, and to remember and honor the sacrifices that previous working men and women made in order to make our workplaces safer, more equitable, and more humane.
This year, May Day is going to be more than that. An organization called May Day Strong is calling for a “national day of action” across the country. From their web site:
Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom – on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. This May Day we are fighting back. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes: public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market politics.
Further down the page, they continue:
A future that works for working families
This is a war on working people—and we will not stand down. They’re defunding our schools, privatizing public services, attacking unions, and targeting immigrant families with fear and violence. Working people built this nation and we know how to take care of each other. We won’t back down—we will never stop fighting for our families and the rights and freedoms that propel opportunity and a better life for all Americans. Their time is up.
The work is being done by a broad coalition of organizations, from Indivisible and MoveOn to College Democrats and 50501. (You can find the list of all 170+ organizations on their site.)
So, what’s the story in Kentucky? Here are the May Day events in Kentucky that we know of at the time this story is posted. (We will update the list as the week goes on.) The title is a link to the event on our Activism Calendar, where you can learn more and register to take part.
