On
#MayDay, from Washington DC and throughout the East Coast, we join thousands of working people across the country coming together to march and rally in the face of a national crisis declaring: One Struggle, One Fight, All Workers Unite! 1/
“May Day is OUR day! It was born out of the blood, sweat, and sacrifice of workers who refused to accept being treated like machines, like second-class citizens. THIS IS OUR LEGACY — AND THIS IS OUR FIGHT!” –Jaime Contreras, 32BJ SEIU Vice President on
#MayDay2025 2/
“Exigimos a nuestros funcionarios electos que voten NO a leyes xenofobas como la HR 32, la mal llamada ley “No al rescate de las ciudades santuarios”. Instamos a nuestros lideres electos adopter un enfoque migratorio mas humanista.” –Jessica Calderon, 32BJ SEIU Commercial Cleaner 3/
“I’m out here fighting for everybody. I’m out here fighting for everybody’s rights! I want you and I to be the voice of everybody as well. It is your right; it is my right to fight for it!” –Olueatomisin Alinwumi, 32BJ SEIU Security Officer 4/
In Hartford, CT hundreds of immigrant community members, social justice leaders, and allies, mobilized to celebrate International Workers’ Day and support the ongoing fight for justice and equity at a time of anti-worker extremism at the national level. 5/
“Renovemos nuestra lucha. Apoyemos a los inmigrantes. Luchemos por uniones
para todos. Construyamos un futuro en el que todos trabajadores tengan
dignidad, respeto y poder.¡Sí se puede! ¡Unidos venceremos!” –Ciro Gutiérrez, 32BJ SEIU Commercial Cleaner 6/
In Philadelphia, labor, immigrant, and community organizations united, with special guest Senator @BernieSanders, to say invest in people, not the billionaires. We are united and rising up for a world that works for all of us! 7/
“They want to keep us down by getting rid of labor rights, breaking our unions, and silencing our immigrant voices. Well on Mayday 2025 we are standing united and saying WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT AND WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!” - Nitiesha Oglesby, 32BJ SEIU Security Officer 8/
In Miami, 32BJ SEIU members joined hundreds of hospitality workers, members of South Florida’s Unite Here Local 355, to march and rally alongside immigrant rights advocates with Florida Immigrant Coalition, proclaiming all workers deserve the right to live and work with dignity. 9/
In NYC, 32BJ SEIU members joined thousands who marched from Foley Square, through the streets of Manhattan demanding respect and dignity for all! 10/
And in the greater Boston area, thousands of immigrants and those who support them are gathering, speaking out, and making noise under an elevated highway in Chelsea, MA. 11/11
