May Day News
During protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's increase in the retirement age, demonstrators pelted Paris police with Molotov cocktails and fireworks.
The Tripura government in a notification had said that government employees would be allowed to avail any four holidays chosen by them out of a list of restricted holidays during 2019.
Workers and activists marked International Workers' Day or May Day on Tuesday with rallies to demand their government address labour issues.
The event was organised by Aamir`s Paani Foundation, which works in the area of water conservation.
The event was organised by Aamir's Paani Foundation, which works in the area of water conservation.
Labour Day is celebrated to mark the achievement of workers.
Tens of thousands across the country peacefully chanted, picketed and protested against President Donald Trump's immigration and labor policies on May Day.
Europeans took to the streets on Monday, celebrating the international workers` holiday of May Day with an assortment of rallies and demonstrations, which in France turned violent as protesters threw petrol bombs at police.
Centrist presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen attacked each other`s visions of France and the role it should play in Europe on Monday against a background of May Day rallies and protests.
May 1, also known as the May Day marks the traditional spring festival in some countries which is counted as a public holiday where people indulge in many day-long activities such as dancing, cake-making etc. In the 19th century or so May Day was selected as the date marking the International Workers' Day by the Socialists and Communists of the Second International to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chicago.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul on Sunday to mark the International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, amid tight security measures.
On May 1 last year, Turkish police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse May Day protesters in Istanbul.
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