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Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights
![Achmad Ibrahim Workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aa92ef5c5424454caa3bda38fb9f8023/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
![Ariel Ley A person waves a Cuban flag during a gathering marking International Workers' Day at Jose Marti
Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Ley)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c55f0299e7e446dab169b249ab92d034/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A person waves a Cuban flag during a gathering marking International Workers' Day at Jose Marti Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Ley)
![Czarek Sokolowski Supporters of a left-wing party march, to mark the Labor Day holiday in support of workers' rights, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e362e5601ca14be6be3f1249b121871d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Supporters of a left-wing party march, to mark the Labor Day holiday in support of workers' rights, in Warsaw, Poland, on May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
![Juan Karita A woman attends the International Workers' Day march in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/557f90deca4c4730a18c59c1b60a8cfe/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A woman attends the International Workers' Day march in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
![Hussein Malla Supporters of the Lebanese Communist party take a selfie, as they march during a demonstration to mark International Labor Day or May Day, in Beirut, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Despite the tense situation and ongoing clashes on Lebanon's border with Israel over the past seven months, hundreds of protesters marched through Beirut's streets to mark International Workers' Day. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3c36a73a20994455bb9dfa18494fe0f5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Supporters of the Lebanese Communist party take a selfie, as they march during a demonstration to mark International Labor Day or May Day, in Beirut, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Despite the tense situation and ongoing clashes on Lebanon's border with Israel over the past seven months, hundreds of protesters marched through Beirut's streets to mark International Workers' Day. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
![Eranga Jayawardena Members of National People's Power, a political alliance, carry placards at a Labour Day rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/13e012e6204f4114bac17146e255112f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Members of National People's Power, a political alliance, carry placards at a Labour Day rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
![Basilio Sepe A man carries a poster during a protest to mark International Labor Day near the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Hundreds of Filipino workers from various labor groups took to the streets to mark Labor Day and demand a wage increase and job security amid soaring food and oil prices. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/97a1ab28e8dd42b29a9157920fe59268/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A man carries a poster during a protest to mark International Labor Day near the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Hundreds of Filipino workers from various labor groups took to the streets to mark Labor Day and demand a wage increase and job security amid soaring food and oil prices. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe)
![Chiangying-Ying Taiwanese workers hold slogans reading "Congress amended the law to support workers' rights" and ''The regime has no honeymoon'' during a May Day rally in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Thousands of protesters from different labor groups protest on the street to ask for labor rights and interests. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8c99ba48bb9d4634808cee8b908765fb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Taiwanese workers hold slogans reading "Congress amended the law to support workers' rights" and ''The regime has no honeymoon'' during a May Day rally in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Thousands of protesters from different labor groups protest on the street to ask for labor rights and interests. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
![Matias Basualdo Protesters hold flares as they march on International Workers' Day in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bab7e7c258ae41f591e3b96fd263c6ce/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Protesters hold flares as they march on International Workers' Day in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
![Bernat Armangue Demonstrators raise their fists as they take part in a May Day rally in Madrid, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1831c4dfe79b41a298224a593da5d1c0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Demonstrators raise their fists as they take part in a May Day rally in Madrid, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
![Khalil Hamra Union members clash with Turkish anti riot police officers as they march during Labor Day celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Police in Istanbul used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse thousands of people attempting to break through a barricade and reach the city's main city's main square, Taksim, in defiance of a government ban on celebrating May 1 Labor Day at the landmark location. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/874f36a6b3de41b48fbdb08cc2a631d2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Union members clash with Turkish anti riot police officers as they march during Labor Day celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Police in Istanbul used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse thousands of people attempting to break through a barricade and reach the city's main city's main square, Taksim, in defiance of a government ban on celebrating May 1 Labor Day at the landmark location. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
![Daniel Vogl Demonstrators participate on a May Day march, in Nuremberg, Germany, May 1, 2024. (Daniel Vogl/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c92ee52b93fb44a0a4e4774be29d4042/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Demonstrators participate on a May Day march, in Nuremberg, Germany, May 1, 2024. (Daniel Vogl/dpa via AP)
![Petros Giannakouris Protesters chant slogans outside the Greek Parliament during a May Day rally in Athens , on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Palestinian and pro-Palestinian protesters joined the rallies, one group chanting "Victory to the Intifada" as they carried a giant Palestinian flag past parliament. Others displayed banners in support of protesting students in the United States. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d6954e71a6c24b5eab92631cb8e30a54/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Protesters chant slogans outside the Greek Parliament during a May Day rally in Athens , on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Palestinian and pro-Palestinian protesters joined the rallies, one group chanting "Victory to the Intifada" as they carried a giant Palestinian flag past parliament. Others displayed banners in support of protesting students in the United States. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
![Nardus Engelbrecht South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, centre, attends a May Day rally in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, May, 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a4c414f50e134d0ba2c2f1027048d89d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, centre, attends a May Day rally in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, May, 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
![Hiro Komae Participants march after a May Day rally in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/12d0b29433f545b4ae64768a50689a43/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Participants march after a May Day rally in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
![Ikram Suri Members of National Trade Union Federation Pakistan take part in a May Day rally, marking International Labour Day in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Participants of the rally demand implementation of labor laws and increase in their wages. (AP Photo/Ikram Suri)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f35cb80c83c64829a4e6c283b3cadd1e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Members of National Trade Union Federation Pakistan take part in a May Day rally, marking International Labour Day in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Participants of the rally demand implementation of labor laws and increase in their wages. (AP Photo/Ikram Suri)
![Khalil Hamra Union members clash with Turkish anti riot police officers as they march during Labor Day celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Police in Istanbul used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse thousands of people attempting to break through a barricade and reach the city's main city's main square, Taksim, in defiance of a government ban on celebrating May 1 Labor Day at the landmark location. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/806ce26f57734d02907fe49fc708e3e4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Union members clash with Turkish anti riot police officers as they march during Labor Day celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Police in Istanbul used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse thousands of people attempting to break through a barricade and reach the city's main city's main square, Taksim, in defiance of a government ban on celebrating May 1 Labor Day at the landmark location. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
![Thomas Padilla Protesters burn olympic rings on the pavement near a Palestinian flag during the May Day demonstration, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/39cd52ba7a404dfa9f9e6a13738d549b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Protesters burn olympic rings on the pavement near a Palestinian flag during the May Day demonstration, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
![Ahn Young-Joon Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions gather to attend a rally on May Day in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f502d69487e64e08b8fa5406b9aad2af/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions gather to attend a rally on May Day in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
![Rodrigo Abd A woman buys a hamburger on the sidelines of an International Workers' Day march in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aa61416cb7914f2987c2b312520d3fb2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A woman buys a hamburger on the sidelines of an International Workers' Day march in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)