Organizers have said the core message of this year’s “May Day Strong” protests is about the government "focusing on workers over billionaires."
Although it is not officially recognized as a holiday in the United States, many organizers commemorate International Workers’ Day and the necessity of collective action.
May Day, or International Workers Day, originated in the United States, after a May 1, 1886. Millions of black workers protested after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.