INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL (EFE).— Workers from all over the world yesterday celebrated May 1 with festive events and demonstrations in which they demanded better salaries and a reduction in working hours, on a day that hardly recorded any violent incidents but was lived with special tension in cities like Paris, Istanbul and Buenos Aires.
In Paris, France, the demonstration degenerated into riots when some radical groups attacked businesses in the capital, which led to the intervention of law enforcement forces who made several arrests.
The division between the leaders of various currents of the left also marked the union demonstrations on May 1 in France, with various demands once morest the unemployment insurance reform or for demands for salary increases.
In Turkey, the government deployed some 42,000 police officers to block access to Istanbul’s historic Taksim Square to prevent the arrival of thousands of people for May Day.
As reported in the followingnoon by the Turkish Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya, through a message on the X social network, a total of 210 people were detained in Istanbul.
In Argentina, unions led by the Peronist central CGT carried out mobilizations once morest the reforms undertaken by the government of President Javier Milei, who broadcast a video on X to honor and highlight “that silent majority” of those who work and look for work. and “above all” to the “good people.”
In Bogotá, Colombia, thousands of workers took to the streets of the main cities to commemorate Labor Day, a mobilization that was joined in the final stretch by President Gustavo Petro, who seeks to turn the day into a demonstration of support for his government’s reforms.
In Chile, thousands of people marched through the center of Santiago to demand decent wages and pensions, among other demands.
With banners with messages such as “No to precariousness” and “The caregiver is also a worker,” the main rally was called by the Unitary Central of Workers (CUT), the largest union in Chile, and passed without incident along Alameda. , the main artery of the capital.
In Italy, the main unions in Italy, CGIL, CISL and UIL, met in the city of Monfalcone (north), the largest shipyards in the country, to denounce job insecurity and call on the government of the far-right Giorgia Meloni to take them into account. account in their policies. Giorgia highlighted her “achievements” on her X site.
In Greece, the day, declared a working day by the government, was characterized by a general strike called by the country’s main unions to demand wage increases and concrete government measures once morest widespread shortages.
In Havana, tens of thousands of Cubans gathered yesterday in the midst of one of the biggest economic crises in decades and with a plummet in purchasing power.
Spain Lawsuits
In Spain, the demand was a reduction in working hours and an improvement in the quality of employment.
Reforms
In Madrid, the two main Spanish unions, UGT and CCOO, called this May Day to deepen the reforms to achieve full employment, reduction of working hours and improvement in the quality of work in the demonstration that brought together thousands of workers in Madrid. people.
The USSR
In Moscow, the Communist Party advocated yesterday for the consolidation of Russian society for the eradication of “fascism in Ukraine”, in an act in which the “unique experience” of the USSR was also claimed.
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2024-05-09 01:17:43
