A bi-communal event was organized in order to celebrate the “1st of May Labour Day” at the Çetinkaya football pitch located in the buffer zone.
Labour Day is celebrated every year in memory of the working class who struggled 130 years ago for an eight hour working day and humane working conditions.
Some political parties and the members of some organizations attended the meeting which was organized by the World Trade Unions Federation members including Dev-İs, BES, PEO, Koop-Sen and KTOEÖS and non- governmental organizations.
2nd President and CTP leader Mehmet Ali Talat, TDP leader Cemal Özyiğit, BKP leader İzzet İzcan, some CTP and TDP deputies and mayors also attended the event.
Speaking at the event Dev-İs President Hasan Felek and PEO Secretary General Pambis Kritsis emphasized a federal solution in Cyprus.