Protesting the President: 'May Day' rallies across Michiana 

MICHIANA. -- President Donald Trump has one of the lowest approval ratings in 80 years, according to the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll. Thursday, May 1, many were saying, "mayday," using the rallying cry to organize protests across the country.

"We are a country in distress, so we are shouting, 'mayday,'" said Denise McGowen Tracy, organizer with the newly-formed SWMI Indivisible.

Multiple of these "May Day" protests took place across Michiana.

"Every day there's some kind of chaos," said protestor and St. Joseph resident Deb Carter.

May Day is also a symbol of the labor movement.

"It's important that we remember that these rights weren't given to us, they were extracted from employers by peaceful protest and by work stoppages," said Tom Sidebotham from Teamsters Local 406.

But Thursday, it was a rallying cry, urging folks to protest the president and his second term administration. They say the White House is hurting working families.

Protestors included 81-year-old Julie Irgens.

"I was protesting the Vietnam War in Ann Arbor and Boston, that was almost 60 years ago, and I think this is just as important, probably more," she said.

And Deb Carter.

"I have a 13-year-old granddaughter," she said. "And the world that she goes into is not going to be the world that we've had."

On Thursday, there were rallies in St. Joseph, Goshen, Niles, and New Buffalo. There are more rallies scheduled over the weekend, including the South Bend May Day rally that was postponed until Saturday.