Dear OPEIU Member:
We are joining working people around the world today in marching to demonstrate our collective power as part of International Workers' Day, also known as May Day. The day is a commemoration of the workers before us who fought for weekends, the eight-hour workday and safer working conditions — basic necessities for a dignified life that are now often taken for granted despite once being considered radical. It is also a commemoration of the struggles workers today are undertaking for those very same necessities.
May Day is a reminder of how much more there is for workers to win and that we only achieve what we deserve when we demand it. Let us use today as an opportunity to deepen our bonds with our co-workers and recommit ourselves to fighting collectively for what we have deserved the whole time.
Happy May Day!