Workers To Gather At Princeton's Fountain of Freedom For May Day Rally Thursday

PRINCETON, NJ — Workers from around the neighborhood will be gathering in Princeton for the May Day rally on Thursday. Another round of protests against the Trump administration is being planned across New Jersey.

A coalition of advocacy groups is calling for a national day of protest on International Workers’ Day, also known as “May Day.”

Local protests are being organized independently across New Jersey (see a map with locations here), including Princeton, Trenton, Bloomfield, Cumberland County, Franklin Township, Glassboro, Newark, Newton, Ocean City, Pleasantville, Point Pleasant, and West Caldwell.

The Princeton rally will take place at the Fountain of Freedom, Washington Road from 6 p.m to 9 p.m., and the Trenton location is at the World War II Memorial, on 125 W State St.

The organizers say they are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, housing over homelessness.

Here's what they have to say:

Musk, Trump and their fellow profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices.

May Day 2025 we are standing united. We're organizing for a world where every family has housing, healthcare, fair wages, union protection, and safety—regardless of race, zip code, or immigration status.

They’re defunding our schools, privatizing public services, attacking unions, and targeting immigrant families with fear and violence. This is a war on working people—and we will not stand down. Using the principles of nonviolence and peaceful protest, we will stand together and stand strong.

This May Day, we will turn the page. This is the beginning of a new era—one where working families lead, immigrants are protected, and no one is left behind. This is not charity. This is not a request. We are reclaiming our power from corporate elites, and we will not be intimidated by Trump, Musk, or their billionaire backers. They’ve ruled for too long. Their time is up.

The May Day protests are the latest in a series of national demonstrations against the Trump administration, Elon Musk and the ongoing federal budget cuts.

More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” rallies of various sizes took place across the United States on April 5, with some sources estimating the overall attendance at over a million people.

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