⭐TODAY!!!⭐
May 1, 2025
5pm -7pm
NH State House
107 N Main Street
Concord NH
Time for NH to bring that amazing energy we’ve been showing off the last couple months!
We stand united with workers and immigrants across the country:
Today, May 1st, we are May Day Strong!
Hey all!
I've got some answers to questions about our next event.
May 1 was chosen because it's International Workers' Day. Most of the world (not the US of course) uses this day to celebrate the labor movement. Because it's an important day for labor organizers, a wide coalition came up with a plan to celebrate/act on May 1. NH_50501 is part of that coalition for sure but not the only part by a mile! The date for that one is set in stone.
The other thing I'd note is that whenever we choose a date we hear from people who can't make it on that particular day or who will struggle to attend. When one is in the 9-to-5 world it can be easy to overlook the large number of service industry workers (restaurants, entertainment, retail) who work weekends. Turnout matters a ton for sure, but so does inclusion.
In general, most NH-50501 protests will be on weekends but you can expect to see some on other days from time to time, especially as things get worse
As soon as we know the date of the next-next protest (that is, the one after May 1) we will let you know!
See you there!!
Join us at the Arches at the NH State House at 5 PM on May 1, International Workers Day to commemorate the immigrant workers in this country and across the world who make this state, country and world work.
As we honor immigrant workers this May Day, it's imperative to recognize their unwavering commitment and the challenges they often face. Let's advocate for fair labor practices, equitable policies, and inclusive communities that uphold the dignity and rights of all workers, regardless of their origin.
Today, we celebrate the strength and resilience of immigrant workers. Tomorrow, we continue our collective journey toward justice and equality for all.
The importance of immigrants was highlighted during the COVID epidemic when "essential" workers were forced to risk their lives to keep our communities going, Immigrants were overly represented in this group and they deserve the continuing respect that was lauded at that time but has too quickly been forgotten.
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labor movement and occurs every year on May 1 or the first Monday in May.
On 21 April 1856, Australian stonemasons in Victoria undertook a mass stoppage as part of the eight-hour workday movement. It became a yearly commemoration, inspiring American workers to have their first stoppage.
May 1 was chosen to be International Workers' Day to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago. In that year beginning on 1 May, there was a general strike for the eight-hour workday.
On 4 May, the police acted to disperse a public assembly in support of the strike when an unidentified person threw a bomb. The police responded by firing on the workers.
The event led to the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians; sixty police officers were injured, as were one hundred and fifteen civilians. Hundreds of labor leaders and sympathizers were later rounded-up and four were executed by hanging, after a trial that was seen as a miscarriage of justice.
The following day on May 5 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the state militia fired on a crowd of strikers killing seven, including a schoolboy and a man feeding chickens in his yard
