Overview

• Organizers report over 1,000 events confirmed across all 50 states for Sept. 1 and say they expect several hundred thousand participants.
• The coalition includes the AFL-CIO and May Day Strong alongside groups such as the National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, Indivisible, MoveOn, Public Citizen and 50501.
• Plans feature locally driven formats including marches, parades, picnics, church gatherings and creative actions like a ‘restaurant in the street.’
• High-profile rallies are slated outside Trump Tower in New York and Chicago, where restaurant workers plan ‘TACO’ protests.
• Protesters cite rollbacks to collective bargaining for roughly 1 million federal workers, reduced wage requirements for federal contractors and proposed elimination of wage and overtime protections for 3.7 million care workers, while the White House argues Trump is delivering gains for workers.