May 1 to be labor day, but not holiday

After yesterday's Cabinet meeting, government Spokesman and Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said the government had decided that May 1 would be celebrated as a labor and solidarity day in line with other practices worldwide, but it wouldn't be an official holiday. Asked about trade unions' views on the issue, Cicek stressed the current world economic recession, saying, "The Cabinet considered the price tag of this decision, nearly 2 billion YTL."