May Day protests take place across major US cities

May 1 events took place in major cities of the United States such as Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington DC.

More than a thousand protesters in the Los Angeles May Day Coalition marched through the city’s downtown streets in support of workers’ rights.

Meanwhile, in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised unions and called for stronger protections for workers at a rally in Washington Square Park.