So, we’re going to be out in force today. Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike (Paul Sancya | AP) Protesters rally outside a McDonald's in Detroit, Monday, July 20, 2020. Drivers honked and shouted support for grocery store workers at Fred Meyers and Whole Foods, who went on strike at the end of March, and participated in the national one-day strike. International Workers’ Day and general strike memes call for people to join just as rent strike memes encouraged participation in late March and early April. And what we’re trying to get ahead of is all of the disaster capital enforcement of weak labor laws or new working hours, lower pay, that we think is going to come in the wake of how capital is going to restructure to deal with this pandemic and exploit workers on the heels of it to try to recoup profits. Whilst ‘Welfare Reform’, amongst other anti-working class initiatives, was designed in Whitehall, it was voted on by those in Stormont and administered by those living in our communities.So, on this Mayday we reflect on the words of Cork born union organiser Mother Mary Jones who famously said: ‘Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living’.This year, 2020, is no different, whilst there will be no protest marches or gathering of comrades to mark the occasion, it will be marked internationally by trade unionists, political and community activists pausing to remember those who went before us fighting for the liberation of our class.For working class emancipation and a Socialist Republic.It has provided to many across our communities a reminder of the renewed importance of self-organisation and empowerment that must be built upon as we move forward in our ambitions of realising the Socialist Republic.This year has a poignancy, in that as of today a number of front-line workers in the Six and Twenty-Six County states have died combating the spread of COVID-19. To all the educators , social workers looking after the disadvantaged. And I think it’s the start of a critical movement that we’re going to need in this country for some time to come, because after the crisis ends on the pandemic side, we know the economic dimension of it is still going to keep waging on. With the exception of the May 1, 2006, the “Day Without an Immigrant”—arguably the biggest strike by labor in the United States in decades—International Workers Day has hardly registered here. And for us, we’re hoping that this leads to, and we’re planning on continuing this, to strike the first of every month going forward, until some basic fundamental demands are met.And then there’s going to be, I think, a remarkable set of workers’ actions, that you mentioned at the top, which are kicking off now, I know, in some places on the East Coast and going to be spreading throughout the country, at Amazon, Whole Foods, Target, many transit workers and more throughout the country.The May Day strike follows a walkout last month by Amazon workers in New York City and more than 10,000 Instacart workers nationwide. So our coalition marked that date, which, fortunately, I think, for us, happened to be May Day, and decided to stand up today to send a clear message that we will determine when it’s safe to go back, based upon the scientific evidence and reasoning. On this day, the indefinite work hours of the world’s laborers were converted into 8 hours.But this worker’s day is different as our streets have gone quiet, and businesses and schools have closed, as we isolate ourselves from others in our bubbles. Just take the day off. So we’ve been encouraging car caravans, of which there’s about 15, that we know of, and a growing number, that are going to take place today throughout this country, including here in Jackson.We are, first and foremost, trying to defend people all throughout this country. Our communities will not accept those who proclaim to be against cuts administering any further austerity measures. This May Day, an unprecedented coalition of essential workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target and FedEx are calling out sick or walking out during their lunch break to … May 1, 2020 Posted by MER-RSM. International Workers Day 2020. As May 1, 2020 falls … Get involved with the people. The workers chose May 1, International Workers Day, as a signal to workers everywhere that collectively, they can take on corporate behemoths, said Christian Smalls, a lead organizer of the strike. Don’t get on anymore Zoom calls or Jitsi calls or anything of that nature.
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