Coronavirus lockdowns scale back global May Day rallies

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HONG KONG (AFP) - Workers were forced to scale back May Day rallies around the world on Friday (May 1) because of coronavirus lockdowns, although some pushed on with online events and others hit the streets in face masks.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

HONG KONG - Workers were forced to scale back May Day rallies around the world on Friday because of coronavirus lockdowns, although some pushed on with online events and others hit the streets in face masks.

But with drastic social distancing rules to halt the spread of the disease, labour leaders have opted to postpone the public gatherings or move events online. The government of Greece asked unions to delay public rallies by more than a week, but leading union GSEE called for a general strike to coincide with May Day.

But only a handful of revellers congregated around the Manta statue in the market square, the traditional epicentre of the festival that was this year boarded up and patrolled by police enforcing the ban on groupings of more than ten people.

 

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