‘All improvements in working practices have been won by working people getting together’

The general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the importance of May Day, or International Workers’ Day. Esther Lynch is in Paris to join the demonstrations here as she says the day is about celebrating how workers’ friendship with each other – and their solidarity and unity – have won the rights that have been gained. Her organisation warns, though, that Europe should do more to protect jobs, and ensure it is not bullied out of its social model. She spoke to us in Perspective.