Sunday, May 3, 2026

Thousands in US join ‘no school, no work, no shopping’ May Day protest and economic blackout

Organizers say the day of action is an effort to build toward a general strike, which was effectively outlawed through the 1946 Taft-Hartley Act and has not happened in the US since. As a workaround, Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), has called for unions to work toward a general strike on 1 May 2028, by having existing union contracts expire in unison…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/may-day-strong-economic-protests


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