Workers in Philippines, elsewhere rally to mark May Day

Workers wear safety hats and hold banners during a march to mark May Day in Hong Kong Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Hundreds of Hong Kong workers from various labor unions staged a rally to demand better workers’ rights and call for standard working hours. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

A Cambodian worker holds banners during a gathering to mark May Day at Tonle Sap river bank, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Some hundreds of workers staged a rally demanding a better working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A Cambodian worker participates during a gathering to mark May Day at Tonle Sap river bank, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Some hundreds of workers staged a rally, demanding a better working condition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Indonesian workers shout slogans during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Thousands of workers attended the rally urging the government to raise minimum wages, ban outsourcing practices, provide free health care and improve working condition for workers in the country. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Protesters shout slogans during a march to mark May Day in Hong Kong Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Hundreds of Hong Kong workers from various labor unions staged a rally to demand better workers’ rights and call for standard working hours. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Protesters, mostly workers, march towards the Presidential Palace during the global commemoration of Labor Day Tuesday, May 1, 2018 in Manila, Philippines. About 5,000 workers and activists from various groups held a rally Tuesday near the Malacanang Palace to protest the failure of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to fulfill a major campaign promise to end contractualization, the widespread practice of short-term employment. ( (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of workers and activists marched to the Philippines’ presidential palace on Tuesday to demand the government address labor issues, as workers in the Southeast Asian country and elsewhere marked May Day.

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