Solidarity is our greatest strength
The descent into fascism is designed to hurt all of us. It starts small, like a pinch from a schoolyard bully. If you have quick reflexes you can swat the first attack away, but what happens if the bully comes back and starts pulling punches?
It’s been just over 100 days since Donald Trump entered his second presidency. Whether you’re a dock worker in the Gulf, a farmworker in California, a civil servant in Washington, D.C., or an autoworker in Alabama—the Trump regime is no friend to working people.
Our immigrant coworkers are being detained and disappeared. The right to organize our workplaces is under threat. And the critical services and institutions our communities depend on are being destroyed. The bullies have evolved and they’ve recruited a gang of billionaire profiteers to coach them in the corner.
But fascist bullies too often underestimate their opponent when the opposition works in concert, building strength and solidarity and the abilities to fight back–and win.
That’s why our solidarity is our greatest strength.
We’re born from centuries of workers who leaned on each other to reclaim their power from a variety of tyrants—robber barons, the crooks who ran political machines, and enslavers. History reveals over and over that when we resist the urge to blame our neighbors and coworkers, we collectively organize in ways that directly confront the real threat: corporate greed and the wealthiest rigging the system against working people to tip the balance of power in their favor.
That’s why our solidarity terrifies anti-democratic regimes.
Worker-led movements are the reason we have:
An 8-hour work day (and the reason we’ll eventually win a 4-day work week);
Family-sustaining wages (despite the federal minimum wage stagnating at poverty levels)
Child labor laws (although some weirdos are trying to roll those protections back);
Safety measures to help ensure we clock out in one piece after every shift (even if some other weirdos are really against this concept too);
And decades of resiliency and skills to organize against oppression for the common good.
It doesn't matter who sits in the Oval Office or who chairs the board of a major corporation. Workers united have always defended and demanded a future where we all can thrive. We won’t give up our seat at the table now.
That’s why we believe our solidarity is the only way forward.
This May Day—a day we honor hard-fought worker victories of the past and deepen our commitment to international solidarity—we’re excited to share the Solidarity Hub with you. We hope you’ll use the Solidarity Hub as a tool to connect, educate, and activate your communities.Workers are standing ten toes down, but they can’t do it alone.
Solidarity forever, billionaires be damned!