May Day Protests

• May Day: Workers demand wage increases in worldwide protests

  People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to the streets of cities across Asia and Europe to mark May Day on Monday.

  World

  May 1, 2023
  
• May Day rallies held across Europe to honour workers, call for peace

  Citizens and trade unions in cities around Europe were taking to the streets on Sunday for May Day marches, and put out protest messages to their governments.

  World

  May 1, 2022
  
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• Heated May Day protests cool down in Montreal

  Riot squads with both the Montreal police and the Sûreté du Québec were out in full force Wednesday evening as May Day protests got underway.

  Canada

  May 1, 2019
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• Montreal mayor shocked after Nazi flag displayed during May Day protest

  Montreal's mayor is expressing shock after a photo of a Nazi flag being waved during a May Day demonstrations was posted online.

  Canada

  May 3, 2018
• May Day protesters mock Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad by throwing cans at police

  Protesters in Portland and other American cities mocked a recent Pepsi commercial starring Kendall Jenner during May Day marches on Monday.

  Crime

  May 2, 2017
• Several arrested after May Day protests turn violent across U.S.

  From New England to the Midwest to the West Coast people chanted and picketed against Trump along with the traditional May Day labour rallies.

  Politics

  May 2, 2017
• Montreal police investigate video of May Day protest arrest

  Montreal police are investigating after a video surfaced showing a man seemingly being hit in the face by officers during May Day demonstrations.

  Canada

  May 5, 2015
• May Day protests: Banks and cost-cuttting measures targeted in Montreal

  Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Montreal and elsewhere in the province to mark International Workers Day.

  Canada

  May 1, 2015
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• May Day protests: Montreal schools protest cuts to education

  Teachers, parents and schoolchildren across Montreal staged a May Day protest denouncing cuts to education on Friday morning.

  Canada

  May 1, 2015