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On May Day, Labor for Democracy (L4D) Stands Firm Against the Trump Administration’s Assault on Workers’ Core Freedoms
Posted 30 April, 2025
On May Day, Labor for Democracy (L4D) Stands Firm Against the Trump Administration’s Assault on Workers’ Core Freedoms
On Thursday, May 1, in over 1100 cities and towns across the United States, working people will take to the streets as part of the proud labor movement tradition of collective action and solidarity. Among them will be the members of twelve national unions, representing more than six million US workersin total, which have come together to form Labor for Democracy (L4D).
L4D stands in firm opposition to the Trump administration’s extreme anti-worker agenda. Specifically, L4D seeks to spotlight the administration’s attacks on freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, the targeting of immigrant workers, the shredding of union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and the role of employers in enabling Trump’s campaign of repression. At May Day actions around the country, members of L4D unions will carry signs reading, among other slogans, “Protest rights are workers’ rights,” emphasizing that the administration’s assault on core freedoms poses an acute threat to workers’ ability to organize.
L4D includes:
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)
American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
Inlandboatmen’s Union (IBU)
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)
National Education Association (NEA)
National Nurses United (NNU)
National Writers Union (NWU)
Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
United Auto Workers (UAW)
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE)
Labor for Democracy refuses to be intimidated by the Trump administration’s cynical attacks on working people’s freedoms. In the months to come, member unions will continue to organize across their locals to support collective action and popular education against the campaign of terror. Labor for Democracy calls on employers and elected officials to find their spines and stand up for workers and their rights.
Many May Day protests can be located through this website.
