International Workers’ Day is an annual event celebrated on May 1st to celebrate employees’, their rights, accomplishments, and contributions to society. Labor Day, also known as May Day, is celebrated on the first of May throughout Europe to honor the economic and social achievements of workers and to advocate for workers’ rights.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attended an International Workers’ Day rally in Koblenz, Germany, organized by the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB). Demonstrators for Iranian women’s rights joined the rally, while four demonstrators carried anti-Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) placards.
Workers and union members from Spain gather in Barcelona to observe International Workers’ Day. The rally was attended by the Spanish Minister of Equality, Irene Montero; the Minister of Treasury, Maria Jesus Montero; and the Minister of Labour, Yolanda Diaz.
Furthermore, Croatian workers march in Zagreb, Croatia, to commemorate International Workers’ Day.
Laurent Berger, general secretary of the CFDT Confederation, and Marylise Leon, deputy secretary general of the CFDT Confederation, marched in the annual May Day march in Paris, France, alongside other trade union members. Despite the Constitutional Council’s adoption of the law raising France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 years old on April 14, protests against pension reform are taking place in France on International Workers’ Day. Protesters also take part in Nice’s traditional May Day march.
A rally was held on International Labor Day by protesters of the Anarchist Federation in Prague, Czech Republic. Participants took part in protests against high prices, which were exacerbated by the right-wing government, the ongoing climate crisis, war, and anti-immigrant sentiment.
During the May Day celebrations in Greece, members of labor unions gathered and held umbrellas outside the parliament building.
Members of the Russian Communist Party carried red flowers during traditional May Day celebrations at the Lenin monument in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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