Demonstrators holding a banner march to the White House during a May Day protest in Washington, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) European rallies target trade policies, rise of ...

Thousands of community organizations, labor unions and human rights activists filled the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, marking May Day, also referred to as International Workers' Day.

Banner reads "Labor Solidarity Day"(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) People take part in a Labor Day celebration rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Sercan Ozkurnazli/DIA Photo via AP) ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. and around the world rallied May 1 in May Day protests that united many in anger over President Donald Trump’s agenda from aggressive ...

The day became tied to labor rights in 1886, when hundreds of thousands of workers in Chicago went on strike to demand an eight-hour workday. The protests turned violent, culminating in the ...

May Day immigration marches. While labor and immigrant rights are historically intertwined, the focus of May Day rallies in the U.S. shifted to immigration in 2006.

May Day march planned to demand Trump administration halt mass deportations 01:00. Activists for immigrant rights gathered at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Thursday morning to prepare for a protest ...