Labor and Immigrant Workers March for International Workers’ Day

On May 1, the NYC CLC, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), unions, immigrant organizations and other community members packed Washington Square Park before marching by the thousands to Foley Square to commemorate May Day, or International Workers’ Day.

The Trump administration's assaults on working people, from ICE raids and the rollback of TPS and humanitarian parole to stripping federal workers of bargaining rights, and canceling union contracts is a direct attack on the entire Labor Movement and a deliberate strategy to drive down wages and break worker power for everyone. We as workers are at risk when exploited or exploitable; our solidarity transcends identities, borders, industries, and union halls to create pathways to our collective dignity at work and for our families.

“We always say that New York City is a Union Town, and that’s because in this city, working people stand together. Since Inauguration Day, corporate billionaires and the Project 2025 agenda have driven attacks on our rights and freedoms, including by targeting workers based on how we look, the language we speak, or the work we do, and undermining our first amendment rights and our freedom of association. That goes against everything our city and our Labor Movement stand for. May Day is about solidarity, and in New York City, that means standing together and fighting back against anyone who tries to divide working people,” said New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO President Brendan Griffith. Read more here and find more photos and videos here, and check out coverage from In These Times, CBS, and NY1.