In Pics: Working classes across the globe observe 'International Labour Day' to protest unfair treatment
Every year, on the first day of the month of May, i.e., May 1, 'International Labour Day' is celebrated to celebrate labourers and the working classes. The day is dedicated to the labourers and workers.
Every year, on the first day of the month of May, i.e., May 1, 'International Labour Day' is celebrated to celebrate labourers and the working classes. The day is dedicated to the labourers and workers.
Labour Day, happens to be a public holiday in many countries, and is also celebrated as May Day in many European countries. In India, Labour Day is known by the name Antarrashtriya Shramik Diwas or Kamgar Din.
Here's how the world observed this day.
Brazil
Supporters of the Workers' Party founder and Brazilian ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gather for a Good Morning Lula event on May Day, or Labour Day, in the surroundings of the Federal Police headquarters in Curitiba, Brazil, were the former leader is serving a 12-year sentence for corruption, on May 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / Heuler Andrey
Cambodia
Cambodian workers hold placards and banners during a gathering to mark International Labour Day, or May Day, in Phnom Penh May 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY
Cuba
People marching to celebrate May Day arrive at Revolution Square in Havana, on May 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / Alejandro ERNESTO
France
A masked protester walks near a car that burns outside a Renault automobile garage during clashes during the May Day labour union march in Paris, France, May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Greece
Members of the Greek Communist Labour Union (PAME) take part in a May Day rally in Athens on May 01, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
Hong Kong
Indonesian migrant workers attend a May Day rally, also known as Labour Day, in Hong Kong on May 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / DALE DE LA REY
India
Indian activists from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), along with factory workers, shout slogans during a protest against alleged anti-workers policies imposed by the state and central governments on the occasion of International Labour Day, in Amritsar on May 1,2018. AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU
Iraq
Supporters of an unprecedented alliance between the Iraqi Communist and Sadrist parties hold banners as they march during a rally celebrating the International Labour Day in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Kenya
Participants react during the Labour Day Parade organized by the Central Organization of Trade Unions Kenya (COTU-K) at Uhuru Park in Nairobi on May 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / Yasuyoshi CHIBA
Malta
A musician plays the violin as cheerleaders dance during Labour Party celebrations at a May Day rally, after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat urged supporters to attend as a response to the revelations made by the Daphne Project, according to local media, in Valletta, Malta May 1, 2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Philippines
Labourers and activists carry an effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte as they march towards Malacanang palace during the May Day rally in Manila on May 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE
Pakistan
Pakistani union workers members hold placard as they march during a May Day rally in Lahore on April 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / ARIF ALI
Spain
People march during a May Day (Labour Day) rally in Barcelona on May 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE
Sweden
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (C) marches together with people from the Social Democrats during May Day (Labour Day) rally in Stockholm on May 1, 2018. AFP PHOTO / Jonathan NACKSTRAND