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May Day Marches in Scotland & Northern Ireland

Join a May Day March throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland at one of the following locations.

Published: 25 April 2017 | 12:00 AM Updated: 28 April 2021 | 4:28 PM

Join a May Day March throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland at one of the following locations.

Belfast
Saturday 29 April 2017
Organised by Irish Congress of Trade Unions
Assemble at Art College Gardens, Belfast
Speeches at 11.30 and march off at 12 noon

Dundee
Saturday 29 April 2017
Organised by Dundee Trades Union Council
Assemble Unite Building, 110 Blackness Road
March off 12 noon, rally in City Square

Glasgow
Sunday 30 April
Organised by Glasgow Trades Union Council
Assemble at 11.00 for 11.30 at George's Square
Rally at the Bandstand Kelvingrove Park

Edinburgh
Saturday 6 May
Organised by Midlothian TUC / Edinburgh & Lothians May Day Committee
Assemble 11.30 on Johnston Terrace (Top end)
March at 12.00 led by the Stockbridge Pipe Band
Rally 12.30 at the Scottish Parliament

Irvine
Saturday 6 May
Organised by Irvine and North Ayrshire Trades Union Council
Assemble at 12 noon in Vineburgh Community Centre Quarry Rd Irvine
Rally in Vineburgh Community Centre Quarry Road Irvine at 1pm

Kirkcaldy
Saturday 6 May
Organised by Fife Trades Union Council
11 :00 outside the Mercat, March leaves at 11:30

For more information, please contact your Regional Office via glasgow@theMU.org

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