What is May Day 2028?
During their 2023 Stand-Up Strike, the United Auto Workers set the union’s contracts at the Big 3 automakers – General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford – to expire on May 1, 2028. UAW President Shawn Fain called on the rest of the labor movement to join forces by setting their contracts to end on that same day.
You can sign on at the UAW’s May Day website here. For resources to help you get started, read on.
WHY SHOULD I GET INVOLVED?
If there’s ever been a time when unprecedented collective action was needed, it’s now.
IS A COORDINATED STRIKE THE RIGHT TACTIC?
Many of us have experimented with a variety of tactics to fight back: protests, boycotts, legislative efforts. All of these are important tools, but they haven’t delivered the changes we need to win a world where people can thrive, not just survive.
WHAT CAN I DO?
Whether you’re a union member, officer, or not in a union yet, you have a role to play!
what can strikes win?
Withholding our labor – or even threatening to withhold it – is one of the most powerful levers workers have. Strikes have won huge advances for workers everywhere.
CONTACT US
Resource Library
Ready to take action? Working towards alignment in your local? We’ve compiled sample resolution language, organizing tips from people who have done it, and other resources.
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WHO WE ARE
Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979.