Overview

• The AFL-CIO is coordinating the effort with partner groups such as Public Citizen, Indivisible, Democracy Forward, MoveOn and Patriotic Millionaires under the May Day Strong banner.
• Organizers report more than 1,000 confirmed events across all 50 states on September 1 and expect several hundred thousand participants nationwide.
• Targets include efforts to rescind collective bargaining rights for about 1 million federal workers, a proposed cut to the federal contractor minimum from $17.75 to $13.30, and rules affecting wage and overtime protections for childcare, home‑care and disabled workers.
• Plans range from marches and rallies in cities like Chicago and Los Angeles to a New York City Labor Day parade, a protest at Hawaii’s state capitol, and a DC Freedom Run alongside listed gatherings across the Washington region.
• Organizers frame the Labor Day actions as a grassroots escalation following May Day, June’s No Kings demonstrations and August protests, with an emphasis on mobilizing outside Washington.