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Thousands of workers' union members hold placards as they march in Buenos Aires to mark International Workers' Day. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34QL6EW_EN
Protesters calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a halt of US support to Israel's war block a street near the US Capitol, ahead of US President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech. IMAGES
The United Auto Workers (UAW) chief calls on 7,000 more workers to join a historic strike against the top three US car manufacturers at noon on Friday. UAW President Shawn Fain calls on the workers at Ford and General Motors (GM) plants in Chigaco and Michigan to join the first ever strike at the "Big Three" Detroit automakers -- Ford, GM and Stellantis -- as the union pushes for improved conditions across the board. "What we win at the bargaining table depends on the power we build on the job. It's time to use that power," Fain says. SOUNDBITE
"91% of working people are against", "let's block the country": a few thousand people demonstrate at the Place de la Concorde, in Paris, to protest against the pension reform and the triggering of article 49.3. IMAGES
A procession of about a hundred people joins inter-union representatives during a protest march to the prefecture of Fort-de-France, in Martinique to meet France's Overseas Minister Sébastien Lecornu and Stanislas Cazelles, the island's prefect. Violence has flared in France's overseas territories after protests sparked by Covid-19 restrictions. IMAGES