SEATTLE, Wash. -- U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on International Workers' Day: “Washington state’s workers—including immigrant workers—are the backbone of our economy. They are what keeps our…
Marchers and protesters have taken to the streets in Seattle, Portland, Oregon, and other Northwest cities for annual May Day demonstrations.
French authorities have fired tear gas at crowds as violent scuffles with May Day protesters broke out in Paris on Wednesday.
A former senior aide to the French President Emmanuel Macron has been placed under formal investigation after video surfaced of him beating a May Day protester while wearing police insignia.
A man who threw gasoline-filled beer bottles at Seattle police during a May Day protest in 2016, injuring one officer, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
More than 100 people remained in custody in Paris Wednesday after annual May Day protests turned violent, police said.
Demonstrators across the globe took to the streets on Tuesday to demand better working conditions, as part of rallies marking International Workers' Day.
Demonstrators gather around the world on May 1, May Day, to protest for workers' rights.
Twenty-five people were arrested in Portland, Oregon Monday after May Day protests turned violent and demonstrators threw objects, Pepsi cans among them, at police.
Thousands of people are expected to attend May Day rallies for immigrants and workers in Seattle and Portland.
