(1 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lisbon, Portugal – 1 May 2024
1. Various of march
2. Various of people marching holding flags, banners and red carnations, the flower associated with the April 1974 Carnation Revolution
3. Man holding poster reading (Portuguese) “Worker’s Day”
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ana Pereira, 45-year-old hotel manager:
“Working conditions are always on the verge of getting worse and I come here for myself, for my children, for the population in general. We have to show our displeasure.”
5. Various of people marching behind banner and waving flags and chanting UPSOUND (Portuguese) “People united will never be defeated”
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Nuno Castro, 49-year-old, United Nations worker:
“We are at a very difficult time in political life, in the country and also internationally and, therefore, there are many themes that brought me here, as well as, I think, the many people present here. The theme of peace, workers’ rights, defence, the ideals of the 25th of April, therefore, a series of factors that brought me and my family here.”
7. Various of march
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Isabel Eça, 52-year-old, university professor:
“Fifty years later, and above all, given the results of the elections, I think it is very important for us to be here to avoid the escalation of the extreme right that is taking place throughout Europe and unfortunately, also in Portugal.“
9. Various of crowd gathered at Alameda Afonso Henriques, in central Lisbon
10. Man holding a red carnation, seen from behind
11. Close of red carnation
STORYLINE:
May Day in Portugal had special significance this year, as it marked the 50th anniversary of when this day began to be celebrated freely, after an army coup brought democracy to the country.
Organised by the country’s main union, thousands of people marched, on Wednesday, through the center of the capital, Lisbon, chanting slogans calling for better working conditions, higher salaries as well as higher pensions.
Portugal’s minimum monthly wage is currently set at 820 euros.
During the past year, inflation has been an additional challenge for those already struggling.
Many participants wore red carnations, associated with the so-called Carnation Revolution of April 1974, which ended a stifling four-decade dictatorship established by Antonio Salazar.
In Portugal, it was only from May 1974 – the year of the 25th of April revolution – that May Day was freely celebrated again, and it became a public holiday.
During the dictatorship established by Salazar, the celebration of this day was repressed by the police.
Labor Day actions were limited to a few picnics and some pilgrimages to cemeteries in honour of the workers and activists who fell in the fight for their labour rights.
May Day is presently celebrated throughout Portugal, with demonstrations, rallies and parties, promoted mainly by the CGTP (General Confederation of Portuguese Workers) trade union.
AP video shot by Jorge Jeronimo, production by Filipe Bento
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