Overview

• More than 1,000 'Workers Over Billionaires' events organized by May Day Strong and the AFL-CIO unfolded nationwide, with organizers expecting several hundred thousand participants.
• On Labor Day, President Trump issued an order banning collective bargaining at agencies including NASA, the National Weather Service, NOAA’s NESDIS, the Patent and Trademark Office, the International Trade Administration, and the U.S. Agency for Global Media, citing national security.
• Unions that already sued over a March order limiting bargaining rights say litigation is continuing, leaving the status of the new restrictions unresolved.
• Chicago’s rally doubled as a protest of potential federal deployments, with Mayor Brandon Johnson leading chants of “No troops in Chicago” and signing a directive instructing city departments not to cooperate with any such action.
• Protesters also targeted the federal takeover and National Guard patrols in Washington, D.C., while the White House defended Trump’s record on workers and the Department of Homeland Security criticized demonstrators in a social media post.