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May Day protests in Chicago, Evanston against President Trump's policies, immigration actions
May Day protests were held around Chicago, around the nation and around the world Thursday.Typically, May Day rallies focus ...
What to know about May Day, including its Chicago origins and how it has grown over the years
From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe kicked off May Day demonstrations on ...
What to know about May Day and how it has grown over the years
From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe kicked off May Day demonstrations on ...
Chicago area high school, college students staging walkout in support of immigrant rights
Chicago high school, college students to walk out in support of migrant workers 00:24. High school and college students ...
May Day rally underway in Union Park with march planned to Grant Park later in the day
Organized labor and activist groups — who are calling for protection of immigrants and fair wages — are expected to march to ...
From Tokyo to Los Angeles, Trump’s policies loom over May Day marches
TOKYO (AP) — From Tokyo to Taipei to Manila, people across Asia marked May Day with marches and protests that spotlighted ...
May Day — or International Workers' Day — started in America. Here's the full history
The history of organized labor is long and brutal. The history of May Day, the holiday honoring the organized labor movement ...
Today in Chicago History: ‘May Day’ born after workers take to the streets to demand an eight-hour workday
Today is May 1, May Day, a workers’ holiday in most nations, although not the U.S. The holiday has its origins in Chicago, as a commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Affair. On May 4, 1886, a bomb was ...