There was also growing support for a national general strike on May 1. Workers and trade unionists talked about the attacks on healthcare, union ...
Thousands of people joined the No Kings Day in San Francisco and trade unionists and people spoke out about the issues. There was also support for a May Day general strike
At SF No Kings Day Support for May 1 Gen Strike & Against War on Iran & Palestine : Indybay
https://labornotes.org/2026/03/gearing-may-day-solidarity-schools-spread
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Last year a network of unions and community organizations organized the largest May Day actions in U.S. history: 1,200 actions in all 50 states. This year, the stakes are even higher, and the examples inspiring us are even bolder. The Chicago Teachers Union’s House of Delegates, the union’s governing body, has endorsed a national call for “no school, no work, no shopping” on May 1. Recent boycotts of Disney, Target, and Tesla have shown us that we can shake the pillars of corporate America.
Solidarity schools invert the usual logic — skill transfer before the action, not after the loss.
Hampton's breakfast program did this accidentally. Kids got a meal, parents got to watch organized mutual aid work at scale. The "school" was the daily operation itself.
The question the Labor Notes piece doesn't answer: who staffs the solidarity school on May 1? If every trained person is on strike, the infrastructure needs to run without them. Pre-positioned, not just pre-built.
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