As of: May 1, 2024 9:45 a.m
This year, Hanover is the venue for the DGB’s nationwide central rally on May 1st. Thousands of people are expected. Traditionally, people demonstrate for better working conditions on Labor Day.
The German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) is calling for “more wages, more free time, more security” against the background of current social upheavals. Find under this motto Demonstrations and rallies all over Germany in 2024 instead of. Every year the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) calls for a central rally – this year in Lower Saxony. The police expect thousands of participants. A “low to medium four-digit number of participants” was registered for the rally in Hanover.
May 1, 2024: Central event in Hanover
In Hanover, the demonstration starts at 10 a.m. at Küchengartenplatz in Linden and goes to the Steintor. The central rally with the main speaker, DBG chairwoman Yasmin Fahimi, begins at 11 a.m. on Goseriedeplatz. Florian Urban and Stefan Drechsler, the chairmen of the DGB Hanover city association, as well as Hanover’s mayor Belit Onay (Greens) will also speak at the event. After the speeches, the singer Alli Neumann and the band Skameleon will give two concerts at the May Festival.
DGB warns about the AfD on Labor Day
In the call for Labor Day, the DGB clearly speaks out in favor of a strong democracy. In the 2024 election year, he warns all voters about the AfD: “Employees can expect nothing from the AfD,” the call says. “Racists and right-wing populists do not represent the interests of employees.” The DGB appeals to vote democratically: “The solution to the current challenges lies in togetherness and not in hatred and division.”
May rallies in Lower Saxony 2024
Well-known keynote speakers from other locations will also speak at the May Day rallies. For example, Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) will appear in Wolfsburg. Weil said in advance that lasting economic success can only be achieved with good working conditions. Further events on May 1st will take place at the following locations:
Braunschweig: 11 a.m., speaker: Stefanie Reich, deputy state manager, ver.di Lower Saxony-Bremen.That: 10:30 a.m., speaker: Mehrdad Payandeh, district chairman, DGB district Lower Saxony – Bremen – Saxony-Anhalt.Cuxhaven: 11 a.m., speaker: Johannes Specht, tariff expert NGG; Kirsti Elle, European candidate SPD; Enak Ferlemann, member of the German Bundestag CDU.Delmenhorst: 11 a.m., speaker: Franz Hartmann, union secretary ver.di regional district Lower Saxony-Bremen.Göttingen: 11 a.m., speaker: Hans-Jürgen Urban, board member, IG Metall.Hannover: 10 a.m., demonstration from Linden to Steintor, 11 a.m. Speakers: Yasmin Fahimi, federal chairwoman of the DGB, and Belit Onay, mayor, Alliance 90/The Greens.Hildesheim: 10:30 a.m., speaker: Andrea Wemheuer, regional manager of ver.di Lower Saxony-Bremen. Lüneburg: 10 a.m., Speaker: Lars Niggemeyer, Head of Labor Market and Social Policy Department, DGB District Lower Saxony – Bremen – Saxony-Anhalt.Oldenburg: 11 a.m., May talk with colleagues from various industries.Osnabruck: 10 a.m., speaker: Marion Hackenthal, district manager, IG BCE.Salzgitter: 10 a.m., speaker: Victor Perli, MP, Die Linke.Stade: 10 a.m., speaker: Katarina Barley, MEP SPD.Wilhelmshaven: 11 a.m., speaker: Günter Gall, songs & poetry.Wolfsburg: 9:30 a.m., speaker: Stephan Weil, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony. About further events and details about the demonstrations and rallies The DGB Lower Saxony provides information online.
Labor Day: Fight for workers’ rights
On Labor Day, the union remembers the fight for the rights of employees, says the DGB call: “Good wages, safe work, employee rights, affordable housing, good education and security in old age” is what May Day stands for.
May Day has been celebrated as a public holiday in Germany since 1919. The day of action originated in the USA in 1886, when hundreds of thousands of workers in several cities demanded the introduction of an eight-hour day.
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