Hundreds Expected for May Day Protests in Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento

By Kari Peterson

On May 1, local grassroots and labor organizations from across Yolo County will be marching in Davis and rallying in both West Sacramento and Woodland to join the MayDay Strong National Day of Action .

 Who, when and where:

• Davis, 5:00 – 6:30PM: March begins in Central Park at 5 PM. Marchers will gather near the wall and then march through downtown Davis before returning to Central Park. In addition to Indivisible Yolo, Sister District Yolo, and the Davis Faculty Association, participating groups include Democratic Socialists of America (Yolo), Davis College Democrats, American Federation of Teachers – UC Davis, and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement,Sacramento.

• Woodland , 5:00 – 7:00PM: Rally is at the Courthouse on Main Street at 6th Street.

• West Sacramento , 4:30: Rally at the corner of Park Boulevard and Jefferson.

Why we’re mobilizing on May 1

May Day is a day to celebrate labor. The roots of the international May Day holiday spung from the union movement in the US fighting for an eight-hour day in the 1880’s Fast forward to 2025, Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom – on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself.

This May Day, we are fighting back. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes – public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, our prosperity over billionaire profiteering.

May Day is also a day to stand up for immigrant union members. Kilmar Abrego-Garcia remains in an El Salvador gulag as a result of an ‘administrative error. Rather than correcting the error and working for his return as instructed by the courts, the Trump administration stands by and does nothing but cynically defy the courts. Our democracy, our livelihoods, and our rights are all on the line as Trump and his billionaire buddies attempt their illegal dismantling of our democracy, due process and the respect for the rule of law, so we’re declaring a “MayDay” as our country is in distress! We are rising to heed the call!