Several eagle-eyed residents noticed the change last night…

You may have noticed this morning that where your network provider usually displays on your smart phone, the words ‘Labour Day’ now appear. Well, that’s because both major UAE networks ‘du’ and ‘etisalat’ are marking World Labour Day. 

World Labour Day, which occurs each year on May 1, is a day dedicated to celebrate the working classes and laborers.

And we weren’t the only ones to notice it, as several eagle-eyed residents took to social media to share their views:

Although the chance came in on iPhones, it didn’t look like the same had happened on Android phones.

Did you see it this morning?

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