In more than 30 years of working fast food jobs, Terrence Wise, his fiancée and his three daughters have known homelessness and hunger.
"We slept in our purple minivan in the parking lot of my job," he said. "I will never forget watching my three little girls try to fall asleep in the back in the middle of winter."
He works three gig jobs, and his fiancée is a home health care worker. He said there are days his freezer is bare. They won't go to work on May 1. Nor will they go to school. The family won't spend any money.
Instead, Wise, 46, of Kansas City, a leader with the Missouri Workers Center, and his family are among hundreds of thousands of Americans expected to walk out of work or school on May 1. They will participate in more than 3,000 events nationwide known as "May Day Strong" or “Workers Over Billionaires.”
May Day protests often focus on worker rights, economic justice, immigrant rights, income inequality, labor rights and government policy. Organizers and participants say turning out this year is more important than ever, as prices for everything from rent to food to gas are increasing while wages are not
