INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MARKS MAY DAY

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A protester supporting the Greek Communist party shouts slogans during a May Day rally in Athens, Greece, May 1, 2015. Photo credit: AP Photo / Yorgos Karahalis, Huffington Post. 

Laborers and activists staged international protests and other events on Friday to mark May Day, the global day of action for worker’s rights, with most actions remaining peaceful, but some devolving into clashes with police, www.america.aljazeera.com reported.

Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis walks in a central street during a May Day rally in Athens, May 1, 2015. Photo credit: AP Photo / Yorgos Karahalis. Huffington Post.

Strengthening protections for the working class was a running theme throughout the international protests, with participants calling on their governments to create more job opportunities for unemployed youths and raise wages.

Greek protesters gathered in central Athens, with labor union members expressing opposition to crippling austerity measures, local media reported.

Read more about May Day celebrations worldwide at www.america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/1/international-community-rallies-on-may-day.html

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Learn more at /www.america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/1/international-community-rallies-on-may-day.html 

and at www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/01/may-day-protests-world-photos_n_7188578.html

 

 

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