Tanzania, May 2 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania has used this year's May Day celebrations to link labour reforms, job creation initiatives and its long-term economic transformation agenda under Vision 2050, as workers and unions welcomed progress but pressed for full implementation of outstanding commitments.

Speaking during the national Workers' Day celebrations on May 1, 2026 held in Njombe Region, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said the government was anchoring labour reforms within the broader goal of transforming Tanzania into a $1 trillion economy by 2050, stressing that workers remain central to that ambition.

She said the country's development path must be built on "decent work", which she defined as employment that guarantees fair wa...