Claire Valdez

Why I'm Hitting the Streets This May Day: Workers Are Ready to Organize

The author, a UAW member, explains why they will join over 3,000 May Day protests across the US – double last year's count. Workers are calling for a strike against billionaire rule, angry at both Trump and a Democratic establishment that abandoned the working class. Drawing parallels to the 1886 eight-hour day movement and Haymarket Square, the author argues a new oligarchy is waging class war and workers must organize rather than wait for political salvation. The UAW has set contracts to expire on May Day 2028, preparing for a general strike.