Events marking May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, are taking place across Washington, with several in the Seattle area alone.

Workers and activists plan to protest in Seattle on May Day, May 1, 2025. Planned protests are focusing on labor and immigration rights. A rally organized by SeattleMayDay.org is scheduled to ...

The event was part of the MAY DAY USA 2025 tour that organizes “worship warfare” across the nation in an attempt to convert ...

While May Day is not recognized as an official holiday in the United States, many treat it as a nationwide strike day. Thousands turn out for protests and marches in Seattle and other major U.S ...

Protests in Seattle on May Day haven’t always gone smoothly. For four consecutive years, starting in 2012, anarchists and anti-capitalists dressed in black clashed with police. Protesters ...

Hundreds of people packed Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park on Thursday for a rally observing May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. Activists say this year’s rally and march are ...

In 2015, nine police officers were injured and 16 people were arrested after a May Day riot on Capitol Hill. As a result, Seattle police have added additional crowd control management training ...

May Day protests in Seattle got underway Thursday morning outside Seattle Central College on Capitol Hill with balloons, a food drive and someone dressed in a giant inflated chicken suit wielding ...

SEATTLE — People calling for workers' rights shared the stage with advocates for several other causes during a May Day march through Seattle on Wednesday. The group of about 200 participants was ...

There are May Day protests in every major city every year, but this year, they drew from the same kind of energy—even on a Thursday—that the Hands Off! protests harnessed in April. Hundreds of ...

May Day, celebrated on May 1, is known as a day for marches and rallies across the region— particularly surrounding workers’ rights. History of May Day – International Workers Day May Day ...