US EditionImmigrant rights, worker justice at center of Oregon May Day rallies
- Dozens of rallies supporting immigrant and worker rights took place on May 1, 2025, across Oregon and Washington including Portland, Salem, Tacoma, and Seattle.
- Organizers cited increased deportations, federal worker layoffs, and executive actions by the Trump administration as reasons for the heightened importance of this year's May Day events.
- Key gatherings featured marches with hundreds to over 2,000 participants, union and community groups, and rallies ending at sites like Tacoma’s Northwest ICE Processing Center housing about 1,300 detainees.
- Seattle labor leader Zenia Javalera highlighted how the current administration is creating divisions among people, while rally organizers emphasized the importance of building a strong labor movement to oppose these tactics.
- These coordinated rallies demonstrate growing grassroots mobilization focused on immigrant justice and workers’ rights, signaling sustained activism against policies targeting these communities.
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Oregonians rally on May Day to protest Trump admin, defend immigrant rights - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News
Oregon’s largest farmworker advocacy organization hosted the even By Mia Maldonado, Oregon Capital Chronicle Hundreds of Oregonians marched through the blocks surrounding the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Thursday to celebrate International Worker’s Day, commonly known as May Day. The crowd ranged from young adults to seniors. Some wore T-shirts representing labor unions, while others dressed in traditional Indigenous headdresses. Many atten…
Farmworker, immigrant rights group take to the streets in Salem
Hundreds of people took to the streets at the Oregon Statehouse Thursday in support of May Day. It is an annual event, but many immigrants and farmworker advocacy groups say this year is different.
Marchers flood Iowa City’s streets to support immigrant and worker rights - The Daily Iowan
Occurring alongside global protests, Iowa City’s Mass Mayday March, also called Aquí Estamos Marcha, was organized by local nonprofit Escucha Mi Voz to protest for workers’ and immigrant rights following President Donald Trump’s slew of policies and executive orders targeting immigrants. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day or Labour Day, is typically celebrated on May 1 to celebrate the labor and efforts of workers and unions, both…
Oregonians rally on May Day to protest Trump admin, defend immigrant rights • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Protesters raise signs that read "fight ignorance not immigrants" and "uncodumented hands feed you" at a May Day celebration in Salem on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Alan Cohen/Salem Reporter)Hundreds of Oregonians marched through the blocks surrounding the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Thursday to celebrate International Worker’s Day, commonly known as May Day. The crowd ranged from young adults to seniors. Some wore T-shirts representing labor …
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