Massive Anti-Trump Labor Strike Planned for May 1
BuzzFeed News reported that hundreds of thousands of service workers will strike on May 1 to protest Trump.
A statement announcing the strike called it a rejection of Trump’s hardline immigration policies and “agenda of hate and greed.”
“We need to show this Administration, Congress and large corporate interests that our human and economic worth is more powerful than their agenda of hate and greed,” the statement reads. “Opposing Trump is not enough. We must stop him.”
May 1, International Workers’ Day, is traditionally a magnet for labor demonstrations. More than 300,000 food chain employees and 40,000 service workers are expected to participate in the massive strike.
The Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West, led by David Huerta, are one of the groups participating. Huerta said that tens of thousands of his chapter’s members will walk off the job.
“We understand that there’s risk involved in that, but we’re willing to take that risk in order to be able to move forward in this moment, while the most marginalized are in the crosshairs of this administration,” Huerta told BuzzFeed.
