International Workers' Day

These dancing Aztecs, strident and political, prefer movements to the left

2013-05-30 07:00:00

The Aztecs march in the canyons of the great city. Their tall feather headdresses jut skyward. They beat drums, stomp and chant. They dance in twirls and high steps, moving forward. One of them presses to his lips a large pink conch, representing the...

May Day protest

2013-05-01 10:23:23

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2013-05-01 09:24:40

Video of Utah slaughterhouse draws attention to 'ag-gag' laws

2013-05-03 07:00:00

Amy Meyer was standing outside a slaughterhouse in Draper City, Utah, in February and said she saw what she had suspected: wounded animals being dragged to their deaths. Then she did what she had come for in this YouTube age and took out her cellphone...

Need a raise? Want a tattoo? It's your lucky day

2013-05-02 15:54:00

Now here’s a headline that probably has folks at companies like Qualcomm quaking: “Company offers raises to employees who get tattooed with its logo.” My colleague Ricardo Lopez reported Thursday on Rapid Realty, a New York real estate...

May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything

2013-05-01 15:36:00

NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....

Former Pope Benedict XVI moves back into Vatican

2013-05-02 08:56:00

ROME -- The Vatican became the home of two living popes Thursday when former pontiff Benedict XVI took up residence in a house in the city-state’s garden. The unprecedented cohabitation with his successor, Pope Francis, began when Benedict arrived...

Outrage over Bangladesh collapse spills into May Day rallies

2013-05-01 14:02:00

Reeling from the deadly collapse of a building packed with thousands of factory workers, Bangladeshi laborers rallied Wednesday, marking May Day with renewed calls for workplace safety. The death toll steadily swelled in the aftermath of the disaster...

Peaceful May Day marchers snarl traffic in downtown L.A.

2013-05-01 15:26:00

Two�sets of marchers converged on the Civic Center in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon in what police described as a peaceful and modestly sized crowd compared to previous years. One of the groups was expected to rally with speeches and music...

May Day observer asks: 'Are things changing in their favor?'

2013-05-01 16:44:00

Standing in front of an electronics store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, Nissem Bachsian watched the May Day protesters stream by, as he does every year. There were immigrant rights groups chanting “Si se puede”� — “Yes...

May Day: Phoenix immigration rally includes workplace issues

2013-05-01 20:31:00

PHOENIX — Brenda Juarez has been in this country so long that she doesn’t remember what Mexican state she was born in. She hopes she and her mother will be allowed to stay. The two women joined about 300 people at Arizona’s state...

May Day demonstrators rally across U.S.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. The crowds numbered...

Union workers march along the street with a huge American flag during a May Day rally in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 1, 2013. In celebration of May Day, people have gathered across the country to rally for various topics including immigration reform. (AP Photo/Jae C.

2013-05-09 05:53:00

A worker wearing a Guy Fawkes mask participates in a traditional May Day rally in San Salvador.

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Why:Tens of thousands of low-paid workers took to the streets on May Day to demand higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions a week after a building collapse in Bangladesh became a grim reminder of the dangers of lax safety regulations in poor countries.

2013-05-01 00:00:00