MAY DAY 2025

We invite all union siblings, community allies, and working families to take action with us throughout the day. Click here to view and/or download all May Day Action Flyers.

We invite all union siblings, community allies, and working families to take action with us throughout the day. Whether you’re hitting the picket line, marching for immigrant rights, rallying for Palestine, or celebrating the strength of our public sector workforce—there’s a place for you in this movement.

This May Day, the Alameda Labor Council stands shoulder to shoulder with workers, immigrants, educators, caregivers, and freedom fighters across the Bay Area. From the streets of San Francisco to the heart of East Oakland, we are mobilizing for dignity, justice, and liberation.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the General Membership for April 16, 2025, has been canceled.

Celebrating César Chávez’s Day

Celebrating César Chávez’s Day

On Monday, March 31, 2025, will be celebrating César Chávez’s Day.  César Chávez was born just outside of Yuma, Arizona in a small adobe home on March 31, 1927, and would have been 98 years old this year. His family moved to California when he was 11, after being forced off the family homestead during the Great Depression.

He was a migrant farm worker from the age of 10 and became active with the Community Service Organization, which helped fight racial and economic discrimination against Chicano residents. Alongside César Chávez, Filipino farm workers, led by Larry Itliong, played an important leadership role in the movement. Together they ultimately improved working conditions for all farm workers.

César Chávez co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in the early 1960s. He focused attention on the plight of migrant farm workers and gained support to have his organization be the first successful farm workers’ union in the United States. He used principles of non-violence, with strikes and boycotts. César Chávez remained president of United Farm Workers of America (AFL-CIO) until his death on April 23, 1993.

A March for Immigrant Workers

African Americans and Labor

African Americans and Labor

Known as the "father of Black history," scholar and activist Carter G. Woodson is credited with being the first person to call for and organize a designated time to promote and educate people about Black history and culture. In 1926, Woodson envisioned Negro History Week, a weeklong celebration in February to encourage the coordinated teaching of Black history in public schools. Sparked by protests of the Civil Rights Era, Negro History Week grew in popularity and, in the late 1960s, evolved into what is now known as Black History Month.

President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, calling upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”

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