May Day is Workers' Day! It's our day to celebrate our history, our struggle and our power.
New York City has a full day of events happening in every borough. The SP-USA local will join the giant Union Square march at four, to Federal Plaza/ Foley Square, then meet up at the Muste building (339 Lafayette, corner of Bleeker) for a gathering and free showing of "¡Gigante: Despierta!" at 8pm. [1]
The Industrial Workers of the World are gathering early for a bus trip out to the opening of The Gilberto Soto Memorial Workers Center in Elizabeth, then to pickets in Chinatown, then to the 4pm march. All the details follow!
New York, NY: May Day Rally & March
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL WORKERS
END THE RAIDS & DEPORTATIONS
NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SALES, NO BUYING
Rally & March Tuesday May 1
4:00 pm Union Square Park
14 St. & Broadway
(take # 4/5/6/L/N/Q/R/W trains to Union Sq.)
Marching to Federal Plaza/ Foley Square
(Site of the African Burial Ground)
- Money for human needs, not for war!
- Living wage and work for all!
- Health care, housing & education now!
- Protect all workers' rights to organize and strike!
- Legalization for all immigrants now!
- End I.C.E. deportations/raids and police murders!
- Shut down detention centers and end unjust imprisonments!
NYC May 1 Coalition
55 West 17 St., #5C, New York, NY 10011
or c/o Teamsters Local 808, 22-43 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101
To endorse, and for more information: www.may1.info [2] (646) 291-2778
A member of the
National May Day Movement for Worker & Immigrant Rights
www.maydaymovement.blogspot.com [3]
Download Flyers
English: mayday07en.pdf [4]
Spanish: mayday07sp.pdf [5]
And see:
www.immigrantsolidarity.org [6]
And
www.MayDay2007.org [7]
IWW Mayday Schedule of Events:
1. 10:00AM-1:00PM: (9:00AM NYC meet-up) Celebrate the opening of the Gilberto Soto Memorial Workers Center in Elizabeth, NJ.
2. 2:30PM: March for Workers rights from Chinatown to Union Square.
3. 4:00PM: Join up with the May First Coalition march for immigrant rights at Union Square.
IWW Contacts:
Stephanie: (201) 787-6035
Alex: (201) 388-9887
1.
What: Truck drivers from Ports Elizabeth and Newark, in conjunction with the Industrial Workers of the World union, are set to open a new drivers' education and organizing center in Elizabeth on May 1, 2007, the first of its kind in the nation.
The center is being organized to fight for and enforce the rights of rail and port truckers, and is being named in commemoration of Teamster organizer José Gilberto Soto. Soto was assassinated in El Salvador while organizing port truckers there in 2004.
Directions:
The Gilberto Soto Memorial Workers Center will hold an open house from 10 am to 1 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2007, with a press conference there at 12 noon. The center is located at 368 Springfield Road in Elizabeth, NJ.
For NYC Residents- 9:00AM meet up at the corner of 32nd and 7th to take the train to Elizabeth, NJ for the rally/block party with truck drivers.
2.
What: March with Chinese Staff and Workers' Association, Students for a Democratic Society, the IWW, and others to celebrate workers' struggles on May Day.
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Directions:
The march will assemble at the corner of Grand Street and Chryste Street in Chinatown at 2:30PM. The march will commence at 3:00PM and head to Union Square.
3.
(From a National Immigrant Solidarity Network email)
New York, NY: May Day Rally & March
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL WORKERS
END THE RAIDS & DEPORTATIONS
NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SALES, NO BUYING
Rally & March Tuesday May 1
4:00 pm Union Square Park
14 St. & Broadway
(take # 4/5/6/L/N/Q/R/W trains to Union Sq.)
Marching to Federal Plaza/ Foley Square
(Site of the African Burial Ground)
- Money for human needs, not for war!
- Living wage and work for all!
- Health care, housing & education now!
- Protect all workers' rights to organize and strike!
- Legalization for all immigrants now!
- End I.C.E. deportations/raids and police murders!
- Shut down detention centers and end unjust imprisonments!
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