A large group of protestors, non profit organizations and community members march from 16th Street to the front of San Francisco’s City Hall in solidarity of International Workers Day on May 1, 2023. The protestors, which included members of Dolores Street Community Services, CARECEN SF, Mujeres Unidas y Activas and other non-profit organizations, met on the corner of 16th Street and Mission Street and heard messages from various speakers. The protestors then walked down Mission Street toward San Francisco’s Civic Center until they reached Civic Center Plaza where labor rights organizer David Valencia emphasized the support for pending labor bills like the Safety Net for All Workers Act (SB 227) and California Senate Bill 686. Photos: Daniel Eduardo Hernandez

A protester chants in solidarity with workers while marching Down Mission Street toward San Francisco’s City Hall on May 1.
A protester and member of the social services organization Mujeres Unidas y Activas speaks on the struggles she has faced as a worker in San Francisco and the hardships she faced after her husband’s passing 6 years ago at the Civic Center Plaza on May 1. 
Protestors celebrate their arrival at San Francisco’s City Hall and begin to organize in front of the Civic Center Plaza after marching down Mission Street in solidarity of International Workers’ Day on May 1.

A protester leads the crowd in chants that declare solidarity with workers while marching down Mission Street toward San Francisco’s City Hall on May 1.
 The crowd of protestors watch dancers perform before beginning their march down Mission Street to San Francisco’s City Hall in solidarity of International Workers’ Day on May 1.
 A protester bangs a handheld drum while following along with the protestors’ chants while marching down Mission Street toward San Francisco’s City Hall on May 1.
 Members of the social services organization Mujeres Unidas y Activas listen to and cheer on Nancy Hernandez, an immigrant worker, while she speaks about her past experience as a house cleaner for 16 years on May 1.
Asia Baclay (right), a student at San Francisco State University, speaks on her unionization efforts in the Excelsior district and invites protestors to San Francisco’s Philippine consulate to protest president Joe Biden’s meeting with Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. while Nickel Rivera (left) holds a sign in solidarity while standing in front of the Civic Center Plaza on May 1.
 David Valencia, a labor rights organizer with Dolores Street Community Services, speaks to a large crowd gathered on the corner of 16th Street and Mission Street about the importance of International Workers’ Day on May 1, 2023.
The May 1st Coalition leads a large crowd of protestors down Mission Street toward San Francisco’s City Hall in solidarity of International Workers’ Day on May 1.