2025 Convention Resolution Six: Mobilizing for May Day 2028

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Resolution #6:

SUPPORTING UAW’S CALL FOR MASS ACTION ON INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY, MAY 1, 2028

WHEREAS big business and their political allies have waged a war on workers; and

WHEREAS the war on workers has led to deteriorating conditions and spiraling income inequality for working families; and

WHEREAS the federal government’s attacks on federal workers, the National Labor Relations Board, and the post office represent a break from 90 years of labor law; and

WHEREAS union workers are fighting back, taking strike action to secure fair contracts for themselves and for their communities; and

WHEREAS working Americans have turned to unions to fight for economic justice and a voice on the job, with 70% of Americans approving of labor unions; and

WHEREAS organized labor must find creative ways to maximize our economic power and fight against corporate greed; and

WHEREAS the United Auto Workers (UAW), led by President Shawn Fain, have called for unions to act together on May 1, International Workers Day, with the aim of a coordinated mass action on May 1, 2028; and

WHEREAS the master agreement covering thousands of UAW members at Daimler Truck North America’s (DTNA) four truck and bus manufacturing plants in North Carolina expires just prior to the May 1, 2028, the mass action date called for by the UAW; and

WHEREAS the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and several local unions and central labor councils have acted in support of unified mass action on May 1, 2028; and

WHEREAS the power that unions have derives from our unity and solidarity; now 

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the NC State AFL-CIO echoes President Fain’s call and shall take steps to prepare for mass action on May 1, 2028; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NC State AFL-CIO shall promote the observance of International Workers Day in addition to Labor Day; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NC State AFL-CIO shall create a May Day Committee open to members of all affiliates and individuals invited by members of the NC State AFL-CIO executive board and such committee shall be tasked with discussing challenges, opportunities, and logistics of the May 2028 mass action, plan International Workers Day events, and build a coalition of political, social, community and labor organizations; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NC State AFL-CIO commits to unwaveringly supporting affiliates upon request and the broader labor movement in bargaining fair contracts, and in anticipated or active labor disputes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that NC State AFL-CIO commits to assisting affiliates in organizing unorganized workers and bringing broad groups of previously non-union working people into the movement for mass action in 2028.

Submitted by:

  • Zoey Moretti Niebuhr (IBT 391, Triangle Labor Council Delegate)
  • Ben Smith (UAW Local 5287 Delegate, Head Trustee)
  • Jody Anderson (IBEW Local 553 Delegate)
  • Kimberley Davis (WBNG CWA, Triangle Labor Council Delegate)
  • Jon Greene (UAW Local 3520 Delegate, President)

Adopted September 12, 2025