The
lives of workers, their families and the 99% are on the line
here and
around the world, and people are in motion. On May Day 2018
we are
“Fighting Together for Justice, Equality & Peace.”
The
annual Connecticut People's World rally for International
Worker's
Day will be held on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 4 pm at the
King-Davis
Labor Center, 77 Huyshope Ave, Hartford.
The
event will be highlighted by a reportback from the four
UNITE HERE
buses that traveled from New Haven to Memphis for the I AM
2018
conference and march held fifty years after Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther
King, Jr was assassinated while supporting striking
sanitation
workers.
The
occasion attracted 20,000 members of unions, faith,
community,
immigrant and youth groups exemplifying an approach to labor
organizing that encompasses all working people.
The
UNITE HERE choir and Ice the Beef Youth who traveled to
Memphis will
perform.
A solidarity panel will include group home workers and immigrant workers facing strike or recently on strike, and union members running for public office in 2018. The event will include an action in support of key worker friendly bills still before the state legislature.
A solidarity panel will include group home workers and immigrant workers facing strike or recently on strike, and union members running for public office in 2018. The event will include an action in support of key worker friendly bills still before the state legislature.
A powerpoint of May Day Around the World will
highlight the struggles
of workers on every continent.
A homemade buffet will be served.
On
May 1, 1886 thousands of workers marched in Chicago to
demand relief
from brutal 12- and 14-hour workdays. A few days later, a
suspicious
bomb blast killed several Chicago police and protesters
during a
meeting in Haymarket Square. Four of the march leaders were
framed
up and executed. In their memory, May Day was set as a day
of
international workers’ struggle and solidarity.
In
the United States, May Day took on new life when immigrant
workers
from Latin America held mega marches for their rights in
2006. May
Day 2018 is part of the resistance against the anti-people
Trump/Republican agenda and the rising movements to put
peace, planet
and people before profits.
Donation
is $5 or what you can afford. A fund appeal for the People's
World
will be made.
For
rides from New Haven e-mail ct-pww@pobox.com or call
203-624-4254.