World's workers rally on May Day; France braces for protests

May Day is marked around the world on May 1 as a celebration of labor rights.

SEOUL, South Korea — People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to the streets of cities across Asia and Europe to mark May Day on Monday, in a global outpouring of worker discontent not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic sent the world into lockdowns.

French unions pushed the president to scrap a higher retirement age. South Koreans pleaded for higher wages. Spanish lawyers demanded the right to take days off. Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon marched in a country plunged in economic crisis.

While May

→ Continue reading at KGW TV

Related articles

Comments

Share article

Latest articles