May Day in MAGAland – Workers’ Rights in the Crosshairs

Today is May Day—International Workers’ Day. Around the globe, workers march to honor the historic struggles of laborers who fought for eight-hour workdays, fair wages, and the right to organize. In America, however, May 1st continues to be ignored, erased, or demonized—especially under the second term of Donald Trump.

Let’s be clear: this administration is no friend of the working class. Despite the populist bluster, Trump’s economic agenda remains rooted in deregulation, union-busting, tax cuts for the ultra-rich, and the erosion of labor protections. All while the GOP rebrands itself as “the party of the worker”—an insult to anyone fighting for dignity on the job.

📉 The Real State of the Working Class

In 2025, the wealth gap is wider than ever. Wages have barely risen, union membership continues to decline, and gig workers are still denied basic protections. Trump’s administration has:

• Weakened the National Labor Relations Board even further, giving corporations more power to silence organizing efforts.

• Propped up anti-union legislation across red states—especially “right-to-work” laws that gut collective power.

• Slashed OSHA regulations under the guise of “cutting red tape,” making workplaces more dangerous.

And let’s not forget the pandemic lessons we never learned. Frontline workers—nurses, drivers, grocery clerks—hailed as “essential” in 2020, are once again being treated as disposable in 2025.

🔥 But There’s Hope—And Fire

This May Day, there is resistance. Across the country, workers are organizing in unexpected places: tech companies, coffee shops, warehouses, universities, nonprofits. They’re striking. They’re unionizing. They’re refusing to be quiet.

• Amazon warehouse workers in Georgia are on day 12 of a strike demanding safer conditions and better pay.

• Educators in Texas have launched a statewide walkout to protest the banning of DEI programs and the silencing of inclusive curricula.

• Starbucks workers just won their 80th store union vote—and they’re not stopping.

This is the moment to amplify these movements. To fund them. To join them.

✊ What You Can Do Today:

• Find and support a local labor action. Donate, show up, or spread the word.

• Post about May Day. Remind your audience it’s not just a “communist thing”—it’s a workers’ rights thing.

• Push your local reps to support the PRO Act and oppose any anti-union state legislation.

May Day is not a relic. It’s a call to action. And under this administration, that call has never been more urgent.