Tomorrow, May 1, 2020, Amazon workers are going on strike for safer working conditions. Renters and homeowners are calling on landlords and banks to cancel rent and mortgage payments. Families are demanding utility corporations put an end to water and utility shutoffs. Small business owners are fighting to get relief funds so they can pay their employees, instead of bailing out Big Oil. Community members are calling for the release of people trapped in unsafe jails and detention centers. Nurses and grocery workers are calling for better safety protections and pay.
More than ever, it is clear: Our fights are connected. We need a people’s bailout that includes us all.
May Day is an international day of action historically led by immigrants and workers to demonstrate strength and solidarity. This year as the pandemic forces us to keep our distance physically, it’s especially important that we come together in solidarity with those who are hit first and worst by climate change and the Pandemic: frontline workers, immigrants, black, indigenous, and communities of color. All those at the edges of our society at this moment.
All week long, we’ve been supporting digital actions with the amazing crew at #ShutDownDC. Tomorrow, they’re hosting a safe, physically distanced, car and bike parade connected to a live webinar on the #PeoplesBailout website. Together, we’ll tell those in power – from Congress to the White House, law enforcement, corporations, landlords, and Wall Street – that we need a #PeoplesBailout – relief that is informed by the people and supports the people directly.
Click here to join us in action online tomorrow.
Thanks,
Drew and 198 eyes on the crisis crew
header image by Aaron Hughes
Body image by Sanya Hyland
