On May 1, 2011, join workers around the globe in celebrating International Workers’Day with a march against the attacks on the working class and immigrants. May 1 has been the traditional day of international worker solidarity since 1890, when American and European workers held mass demonstrations to commemorate the May 1, 1886 U.S. general strike that won American workers the eight-hour day. Today, from revolutionaries in Cairo, to protesters in Wisconsin, to day laborers in Portland, workers are continuing to struggle for their rights.
May Day 2011: International Workers’Day
Sunday, May 1, 2011
2 p.m.–Activities Fair
3 p.m.–Rally
4 p.m.–March
South Park Blocks
SW Park Ave. & SW Salmon St., Portland
Sponsors: American Friends Service Committee, International Socialists Organization, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MECHA), Oregon New Sanctuary Movement, Portland Central American Solidarity Committee, Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition, Portland Jobs with Justice, Portland Labor for Peace and Justice, VOZ Workers Rights Education Project, and Witness for Peace Northwest.