South Korea unions are fighting back against the right-wing Yoon Suk-yeol government, reports Clive Tillman. Strikes are planned for July on the back of record-breaking May Day mobilisations.
This year’s May Day celebration in Cuba was interrupted by severe storms that knocked out electricity in much of the country, but this didn't dampen the spirits of more than 150 activists from the United States visiting on a solidarity delegation, reports Walter Smolarek.
This is the latest day of mass action against changes that raise the state pension age from 62 to 64. Trade unions want them withdrawn. In April, French President Emmanuel Macron, despite severe protests across the country, signed a pension bill into law to raise the country s retirement age by two years, Al Jazeera reported. May Day Protests in France: More Than 100 Policemen Injured in Labour Day Clashes in Paris Over Pension Law Changes (Watch Video).