| Thousands Calling for Greater Worker Rights and Protections March in Mexico City Carrie Kahn - NPR.org | |
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A young man spray paints an anarchist symbol on a kiosk during a march by anarchists on Labor Day in Mexico City, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Thousands of people, many calling for greater worker rights and protections, participated in various marches around the city center. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
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Many Mexicans say they don’t believe a series of political and economic reforms being pushed through Congress will benefit them. Tens of thousands took to the streets this week in annual May Day demonstrations to protest the new laws, which take aim at everything from Mexico’s flagging education system to opening up the state controlled oil industry to foreign investors. NPR International Correspondent Carrie Kahn reports from Mexico City.
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