The Grand Rapids branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is organizing a May Day celebration in conjunction with other groups in town (the event is also listed on Facebook.com) :
Celebrate MAYDAY 2010 in Grand Rapids! May 1st in Martin Luther King Jr. Park. To include: Community Potluck, Hip Hop Artists, Bands, Speakers, Kids Activities…
Performances by: Euphoria, Kelly O’Brien and the Bridge Street Special, Jihad Islam, Pain and Glory, Organel Williams and the Bottom Line Band, Alexis…
Participating organizations: Grand Rapids Hip Hop Coalition, The Bloom Collective, Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy, League of Revolutionaries for a New America, Workers Solidarity Alliance, Lansing Workers Center, Black Autonomy Network Community Organization, Grand Rapids IWW, United States Social Forum…
More artists and organizations to be announced!
If your organization would like to participate or you are a musical artist contact:
grandrapidsstarbucksunion@yahoo.com
616-881-5263Grand Rapids and Chicago were the leading cities of the original MAYDAY. In 1886, 7,000 furniture workers of the Knights of Labor left their workplaces for an impromptu march for the eight-hour work day on May 1st. (see a ribbon from the Grand Rapids 1886 May Day).
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