Workers around the world are in the streets for May Day rallies marking International Workers’ Day. In France, unions say 1 million people could march as part of ongoing protests against President Macron’s pension reforms. In Turkey and Pakistan, authorities have blocked some rallies in public places. South Korea saw tens of thousands of people turn out for its largest May Day gatherings since the pandemic started.

Yang Kyung-soo: “We’re in a situation where the existence of our labor unions are threatened due to the suppression by the government and the capital. … We are fighting to create a world where there are no more temporary workers. We will fight strongly to improve the legal system so that government policies guarantee workers’ rights.”