Three thousand events across every state. Five hundred organizations. The largest coordinated labor action in decades. The S&P 500 entered May at an all-time high. The market priced the walkout at zero — not because it was small, but because the economy has outgrown the weapon. Three thousand events. Five hundred organizations. Every state. The largest coordinated labor action in the United States in decades. The S&P 500 entered May at its highest level in history. May Day 2026 was supposed to be different. The coalition called it May Day Strong — five hundred organizations under the banner Workers Over Billionaires. Twenty school districts in North Carolina closed. Madison, Wisconsin shut its public schools after more than half of teachers said they would not show up. Over a million union members in New Jersey alone mobilized for May Day demonstrations. The organizers framed it in the language of Haymarket: labor withholding its work to force the system to notice. The system did not notice.…