APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 03 May 2021. Palestinian supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and National Initiative party, take part in a protest to demand workers' rights, marking International Workers' Day, in front of the Ministry of Labor
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elias jelda a member of the Syndicate Laborers
02.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rehab Kanaan
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The unemployment rate was about 16% in the West Bank in 2020 compared with about 15% in 2019, while the unemployment rate was about 47% in Gaza Strip in 2020 compared with 45% in 2019.
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in most countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on May Day (1 May).
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