US EditionMay Day Protests in DC Target Trump Administration Policies, Highlight Labor and Immigration Issues
Organizers say more than 500 groups will join the one-day strike, with 100,000 students expected to miss school, as protests target Trump policies.
- Protesters across the United States are marking International Labor Day on Friday with boycotts of school, work, and shopping to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump.
- Originating in Chicago, May Day is traditionally a day of protest; this year, rising prices and stagnant wages make the demonstrations especially important, said Terrence Wise, an organizer with Missouri Workers Center in Kansas City.
- More than 500 labor unions and community groups are participating, while Sunrise Movement reports more than 100,000 students plan to strike; National Education Association President Becky Pringle stated the United States should be "focusing on workers over billionaires."
- Action Executive Director Sulma Arias said protesters are delivering a message about broken economic promises, while White House spokesperson Kush Desai countered that the administration "has never wavered from standing up for American workers."
- President Trump signed executive orders on Thursday expanding retirement access and funding Homeland Security; the White House portrayed these actions as support for workers, contrasting with protesters' criticism of administration policies.
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May Day protests in DC target Trump administration policies, highlight labor and immigration issues
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation’s capital on May Day, using the international workers’ holiday to protest policies from President Donald Trump’s administration and push for labor rights, immigration reform and D.C. statehood.
What to Know About the May Day Protests Around the U.S.
Activists and organizers rally and shut down 4th and Pennsylvania Avenue to observe May Day and D.C. Statehood Day in Washington, D.C., on May 01, 2026. —Jemal Countess—Getty Images for SPACEs in ActionProtesters are taking to the streets in cities and towns around the U.S. during “May Day Strong” events Friday in honor of International Workers’ Day. A coalition of hundreds of organizations is calling for a day of economic blackout with “no scho…
Telemundo Fresno
Activists from around the world will participate on Friday in May Day demonstrations in which they will demand peace, higher wages and better working conditions, while many of them deal with rising energy costs and reducing purchasing power linked to the war with Iran. This is a holiday in many countries, and protests are expected, some of which have become violent in the past, in many of the major cities of the world. “Workers refuse to pay the…
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