The Oregon farmworkers union PCUN is organizing a series of visibility actions leading up to a nationwide general strike on May 1, 2026.
Jazmin Flores: Did you know that in 2006, immigrant workers shut this country down to fight for their rights and basic human dignity in a wave of protest called Día Sin Un Inmigrante or A Day Without an Immigrant?
Across the country, immigrant workers organized protests, walkouts, rallies, and defeated the racist Sensenbrenner bill, walking out of work and into the streets in the millions on May 1, 2006.
The protest spread from city to city and became one of the largest general strikes in modern U.S. history. Immigrant workers made their voices heard and their power known that this country cannot run without them, and together we can shut it down to win our demands…