Workers, activists across Asia and Europe hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights 

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, May 1, 2024. Union members march during Labor Day celebrations in Istanbul, May 1, 2024. Police in Istanbul detained dozens of people who tried to reach the city's main square, Taksim, in defiance of a government ban on celebrating May 1 Labor Day at the landmark location. Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions beat their drums during a rally in Seoul, May 1, 2024. Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals took to the streets to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and governments' labor polices. Participants march after a May Day rally in Tokyo, May 1, 2024.

Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals and European cities took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and government labor polices and calls for greater labor rights.