1 May 2025

Why strikes happen on May Day

From Nights, 10:50 pm on 1 May 2025

NZCTU president Richard Wagstaff joins Emile Donovan to share the history of May Day, a historic workers' rights commemoration, after 5,000 salaried medical professionals striked for 24-hours today.

The doctor's strike in Wellington.

Photo: RNZ/Ruth Hill