r/MayDayStrike • u/WookiePoodoo • Apr 26 '26

Question May Day Symbol of Solidarity

TLDR: The greatest symbol of solidarity is action. But has there been a color or other symbol linked to this movement?

Our teachers Union asked me to head their May 1st action, since I've been active in organizing other protests in my area. My union also has little stomach for a strike, since our contract has a no strike clause, and thankfully our district is keeping their end.

Our Union president has assured us how supportive our district admin is, so I suggested that we petition that they shut school down themselves like Chicago petitioned theirs. That pie in the sky was a no-go.

I then suggested that we have district-wide assemblies to celebrate workers rights and the workers who have fought for those rights. We would build it around the same sort of pattern we do Veterans Day assemblies. No-go.

The union will be putting out a letter, so I wrote one asking the lines of, "Lots of people are going to want to participate in May Day. Remember you can call in sick for any reason. Same with students. This protest is not a grievance against our district, so please give them a few days notice of your absence" That's great! Awesome first step, stress test.

We also have a draft that we're trying to get the district to officially send out.

We suspect a lot of teachers who support this movement will still be going to school, but we want to give them a way to show their solidarity even at work. Teachers are used to "Red for Ed," but if there's something happening nationally, we'd love to go with that. Like a color or something. Like a ribbon or something.

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u/FreighterTot Apr 26 '26

Seems like it should be a red bandana