Join the May Day Coalition for the 2023 Los Angeles May Day March! This year’s theme is “Solidarity is Power: Right to Unionize, Right to Strike, Right to Housing, & Right to Citizenship.” The event will bring people from all walks of life to stand in solidarity with one another and raise awareness of labor, housing, and immigration struggles across our city and the nation.
May 1st is International Workers Day or May Day. Throughout the world, communities not only dedicate this day to honor the struggles of workers, but they also recognize other working-class issues. Each year, the May Day Coalition in Los Angeles organizes one of the many marches which gather thousands of people, organizations, and supporters to bring awareness to the intersecting struggles of the working-class people of Los Angeles and the world. This year’s May Day march and rally theme will be “Solidarity is Power”: Right to Unionize, Right to Strike, Right to Housing, & Right to Citizenship. You can find more information about the event, including the program, map, and meeting spots if you want to join from downtown LA, public transportation info, checklist of what to bring… HERE.
DATE: May 1, 2023
TIME: We will meet 4 PM. The march begins at 5 PM.
MARCH START LOCATION: Southwest corner of Olympic & Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles
Please fill out this google form in case you would like to join our Labor@UCLA contingent in downtown LA for May Day. We have confirmed a 50-passenger bus (leaving from UCLA to May Day and back) for students from our Labor Studies courses and allied undergraduate and graduate students to attend. The sign-up list for the bus is first come, first serve, with students in Labor Studies 10 given priority.
