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NHS workers take part in a march from St Thomas' Hospital to Trafalgar Square, London, as members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Unite union continue their strike action in a dispute over pay, May 1, 2023
WORKING-CLASS people in Britain and across the world demanded an end to the misery and instability of capitalism today as the labour movement marked International Workers’ Day 2023.
May Day marches and rallies were held in Sheffield, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Pakistan, Nigeria and elsewhere as workers remembered the struggles of the past and urged a fightback against corporate profiteering, neocolonialism and a resurgent far right.
In Chesterfield, Derbyshire, GMB president Barbara Plant praised the workers at Amazon in Coventry who are striking for recognition and better pay from the transnational online retail giant.
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
