May Day Car Rally to Support Essential Workers
May 1st, 3pm. We'll keep our physical distance in our cars but come ready to rally in support of the #frontlineheroes who are working essential jobs every day. Make signs to display in your car windows! #1u
To RSVP and learn more, visit our Facebook event.
How do I join the car rally?
We will be meeting by the USPS facility at the intersection of Summer Street and Dorchester Ave in Boston. We are working with the City of Boston to safely line up along Summer Street. Try to arrive early enough to safely line up.
The first car in line will be at Dorchester Ave & Summer St, facing east. As you arrive, join the back of the line which will extend down Summer Street, and wrap around South Station onto Atlantic Ave.
A few tips:
*Make sure your car has signs!
available soon or you can make your own. Choose from a message similar to these so that we're all speaking with a unified voice:
*Listen to speakers via our live stream call in number (available before the event begins).
*A representative will donate union made facemasks to each location as we hear from a worker at the site via the live stream.
*Follow the caravan when it starts moving, honking in appreciation as we travel past the USPS facility and then onto Boston Hope Hospital (Boston Convention Center) to thank workers there and donate PPE.
To RSVP and learn more, visit our Facebook event.
How do I join the car rally?
We will be meeting by the USPS facility at the intersection of Summer Street and Dorchester Ave in Boston. We are working with the City of Boston to safely line up along Summer Street. Try to arrive early enough to safely line up.
The first car in line will be at Dorchester Ave & Summer St, facing east. As you arrive, join the back of the line which will extend down Summer Street, and wrap around South Station onto Atlantic Ave.
A few tips:
*Make sure your car has signs!
- Protect the Frontline, Not the Bottom Line
- PPE for All
- Essential Workers Deserve Hazard Pay/PPE/Safety on the Job
- Thank you, Frontline Heroes!
- Boston Hope: Built & Run Union Strong!
- Protect Every Worker
- Postal workers are essential!
- Postal workers deserve hazard pay!
- Support Our Public Postal Service
*Listen to speakers via our live stream call in number (available before the event begins).
*A representative will donate union made facemasks to each location as we hear from a worker at the site via the live stream.
*Follow the caravan when it starts moving, honking in appreciation as we travel past the USPS facility and then onto Boston Hope Hospital (Boston Convention Center) to thank workers there and donate PPE.