Workers across Asia push for more rights

Workers around Asia commemorated Labor Day on Friday, May 1, with protest rallies seeking to push for greater rights. 

South Korean workers vowed to wage an  “all-out general strike” if the government pushes through with planned labor reforms. Elsewhere in Asia, dozens of protesters in Taiwan threw smoke bombs near the presidential office during a workers’ rally, while in Hong Kong domestic helpers were out in force to seek greater rights.

Hundreds gathered in downtown Manila to press for higher wages and more job opportunities at home, to prevent so many Filipinos heading overseas, often into vulnerable situations or outright danger.

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