Berianidze
05-01-2006, 08:31 PM
EuroNews (http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=356882&lng=1)
May Day marches focus on workers' rights
An estimated 10,000 Russian communists calling for a return to Soviet times have staged a traditional May Day parade in Moscow.
They marched from the Lenin monument in October Square to a bust of Karl Marx near Red Square. Their banners condemned the so-called oligarchs that dominate the Russian economy.
Ranging from teenagers to pensioners, they said Russian society had become decadent and the cost of living far too high.
Not everyone agrees radical change is needed. Another large scale demonstration was full of supporters of President Putin's United Russia party.
In Germany workers rights and planned economic reforms were the main themes.
Union leaders accused the ruling coalition of trying to dismantle the welfare state, criticising moves to lengthen probationary periods work employees and rein-in health care spending.
An estimated half a million people took part in 500 May Day marches across the country.
In the eastern city of Rostock there were clashes between police and left-wing anti-fascist campaigners.
They had turned out to try to stop a march organised by a neo-Nazi party.
May Day marches focus on workers' rights
An estimated 10,000 Russian communists calling for a return to Soviet times have staged a traditional May Day parade in Moscow.
They marched from the Lenin monument in October Square to a bust of Karl Marx near Red Square. Their banners condemned the so-called oligarchs that dominate the Russian economy.
Ranging from teenagers to pensioners, they said Russian society had become decadent and the cost of living far too high.
Not everyone agrees radical change is needed. Another large scale demonstration was full of supporters of President Putin's United Russia party.
In Germany workers rights and planned economic reforms were the main themes.
Union leaders accused the ruling coalition of trying to dismantle the welfare state, criticising moves to lengthen probationary periods work employees and rein-in health care spending.
An estimated half a million people took part in 500 May Day marches across the country.
In the eastern city of Rostock there were clashes between police and left-wing anti-fascist campaigners.
They had turned out to try to stop a march organised by a neo-Nazi party.