Workers rallies across Asia resounded with a similar message on Friday, as protests, marches, and discussions marked International Workers’ Day. Workers shouted varying versions of the slogan, “Getting by—but not getting ahead.” Disrupted by inflation and shortages as a fallout of the war in Iran, with spiking oil and gas prices affecting the daily expenses, labor intensive countries like India , Bangladesh , Cambodia and others across the region called for higher wages, relief from the rising cost of living, and freedom of assembly. Many of the marches were peaceful on Friday morning, with some focusing on celebration and honoring workers. Others were far more contentious. In Istanbul,  Turkey , workers headed for Taksim Square, which had already been announced as out of bounds by authorities earlier in the week, and they were were met with tear gas and water cannons. Roads leading to the square had earlier been barricaded and transport lines to the area suspended. Placards that read “Bread. Peace.…