JOIN US as East Bay hotel workers walk off the job to join the national May Day strike against Donald Trump and his administration’s attacks on immigrant workers.
We will gather at 1:30 at the site of a proposed hotel on Mandela Parkway and Yerba Buena Ave, where a developer is proposing to build a new hotel and has refused to make a commitment not to retaliate against workers who organize for rights on the job.
The site is less than a mile from the former Woodfin Suites hotel, where ten years ago the owner called in ICE in the midst of a worker organizing campaign for a living wage, causing many of those workers to lose their jobs.
By breaking a Trump piñata and tearing down a symbolic wall, we will send a message to Trump and to all employers, including hotel owners and developers, that we won’t allow that to happen again. Following the action, we will head to Fruitvale Plaza to join the main May Day march.
What: Feed-in March to May Day, Picket Line, Symbolic Wall, and Donald Trump Piñata, “Miss Housekeeper” sashes
When: 1:30pm Picket Line, 4pm May Day march on Monday, May 1, 2017
Who: UNITE HERE Hotel Workers on Strike, Community Allies