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Event

2025 May Day National Day of Action

On May 1, 2025, in over 100 cities across the country, we will honor the legacy of the workers who gave everything for the labor protections like the eight-hour workday—and we will carry their struggle into today’s fight for a country and an economy that serves the many, not the few. This is not about commemorating the past. We are building the future.
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By: OEA Events
Published: April 15, 2025

Event Overview

Dates and Times

  • Thursday, May 1, 2025
    TBD

Cost

Free
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Location

  • Various Locations Across the State

Topics

  • Advocacy

About the National Day of Action

Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. 

We are laborers, parents, immigrants, educators, students, and neighbors demanding stronger, safer, and more dignified communities. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, housing over homelessness. This is May Day.

Find May Day Events Near You

Looking for an event to join? Use the national event map to find actions near you that you can join! 

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May Day Posters & Images

Use these social media images and posters to plan your event!
a poster reading "may 1 national action"
a poster reading "may 1 national action"

A poster with fists in different skin tones, with the text "may day. protect unions. protect public education"
A poster with fists in different skin tones, with the text "may day. protect unions. protect public education"

A poster reading "may day, national day of action" with a blank space to write something yourself.
A poster reading "may day, national day of action" with a blank space to write something yourself.

A poster that reads "protect public education, protect unions"
A poster that reads "protect public education, protect unions"

A poster with the history of May Day
A poster with the history of May Day

Event Day Sign in Form

Use this form on May 1 to sign in supporters who attend your event.

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The Oregon Education Association (OEA) is a union committed to the cause of providing the basic right of great public education to every student. OEA represents about 41,000 educators working in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 public schools and community colleges. OEA’s membership includes licensed teachers and specialists, classified/education support professionals (ESPs), community college faculty, retired educators, and student members. OEA members also belong to the 3.2 million members of the National Education Association (NEA).
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