We'll fight for May Day holiday, ACTU says

UNIONS will fight to have May Day returned as a public holiday across Australia, ACTU president Ged Kearney has told a rally in Darwin.

Speaking in the Northern Territory, the only jurisdiction in Australia that still provides a public holiday to commemorate May Day, Ms Kearney urged unionists to protect it.

"Union members be proud of this day. Don't lose it," Ms Kearney told a rally of about 500 people.

May Day is celebrated in many countries around the world to mark campaigns by workers for better rights.

"We are going to fight to get it back in other states," Ms Kearney said.

She said the Country Liberal Party (CLP) government in the NT had cut the public service, healthcare and education since coming to office last year.

"I will be damned if the likes of this government ... take away our important day," Ms Kearney told the crowd.

"We must rebel, we must stand up and fight," she said.

Unions NT Secretary Alan Paton also attacked the CLP government in the NT.

Mr Paton said the CLP went to the election promising public sector jobs would be safe and the cost of living would fall.

"What we have seen so far is the exact opposite," Mr Paton said.

Although the NT is the only jurisdiction to mark May Day, other states mark Labour Day at other times of the year.

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