Trouble viewing this email, click here
<[link removed]> to read the article.

<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY 2020 (MAY DAY)
The story of May Day, the Haymarket affair in Chicago, and the fight by
working people for an eight-hour workday, is one we encourage you to
read. It's not one corporations and most politicians like to tell, and -
sadly - it is one that has been far-too-forgotten by many.

May Day is another example of how much we have now taken for granted.
What we today think of as commonplace and fair was instead a
hard-fought, exhaustive, battle. Bosses did not grant us 40-hour work
weeks, eight-hour days, weekends, holidays, pensions and health
insurance out of Christmas cheer and kind-spirit. Those things were
fought for, by working people, who were publicly scolded and ridiculed
and called traitors and criminals, all because they had the audacity to
demand fairness, a better more complete life, and a piece of the pie.

The global pandemic and accompanying economic collapse presents another
battle. It isn't necessarily new; it is borne from the same struggle.
You may have seen the call for a May Day strike today of some of
America's largest companies. Workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole
Foods, Walmart, Target, and FedEx are slated to walk out on work,
citing their employers' record profits at the expense of workers'
health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic. If you can, we urge
you to boycott those companies today, as well.

The lessons of May Day should never be forgotten, and the people who
fought bravely to ensure that workers are treated justly and fairly are
heroes. They made this world a better place. Their mantle has been
passed. Let us recall their virtue and strength and build upon it.


To read more of the article click here
<[link removed]> .


If you would like to discontinue receiving these emails, please click
here <[link removed]> to let us know.