International Workers' Day

• 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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• Quebecers call for change at International Workers’ Day march

  Several issues were brought to the forefront with protesters urging the future government to consider building a more just and equitable society by raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2018
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• May Day marchers ask for $15/hour minimum wage

  Thousands took to the streets of Montreal to celebrate International Workers' Day and to call on the government to increase the minimum wage.

  Canada

  May 1, 2016
• May Day rallies broaden to address police brutality, race

  Activists who are marching for labor and immigrant rights in U.S. cities on Friday will broaden their message to direct attention toward police brutality as tensions simmer in communities across the nation.

  World

  May 1, 2015
• May Day rallies worldwide demand reform, higher wages

  May Day demonstrators denounced low wages and called for reforms on Thursday during rallies that turned violent in Cambodia and in Turkey.

  World

  May 1, 2014
• Clashes break out in Istanbul as thousands gather for May Day

  Clashes have erupted in Istanbul between May Day demonstrators and riot police as crowds tried to march to the city's iconic Taksim Square.

  World

  May 1, 2014