Its International Workers Day ,so lets wish all the worker a very happy workers day for all the hard work they did
HISTORY
International Workers' Day is the commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago,
which occurred after an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police
as they dispersed a public assembly during a general strike for the
eight-hour workday. In response, the Chicago police fired on the workers
killing dozens of demonstrators and several of their own officers.
In 1889, the first congress of the Second International, meeting in Paris for the centennial of the French Revolution and the Exposition Universelle,
following a proposal by Raymond Lavigne, called for international
demonstrations on the 1890 anniversary of the Chicago protests.
May Day was formally recognized as an annual event at the International's second congress in 1891.
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Subsequently, the May Day Riots of 1894 occurred. In 1904, the International Socialist Conference meeting in Amsterdam called on "all Social Democratic Party organizations and trade unions
of all countries to demonstrate energetically on May First for the
legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the
proletariat, and for universal peace." The congress made it "mandatory
upon the proletarian organizations of all countries to stop work on May
1, wherever it is possible without injury to the workers."
In many countries, the working classes sought to make May Day an official holiday, and their efforts largely succeeded. May Day has long been a focal point for demonstrations by various socialist, communist and anarchist groups. In some circles, bonfires are lit in commemoration of the Haymarket martyrs, usually at dawn.
May Day has been an important official holiday in countries such as the People's Republic of China, North Korea, Cuba and the former Soviet Union. May Day celebrations typically feature elaborate popular and military parades in these countries.
In the United States and Canada, however, the official holiday for workers is Labor Day in September. This day was promoted by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, who organized the first parade in New York City. After the Haymarket Massacre, US President Grover Cleveland
feared that commemorating Labor Day on May 1 could become an
opportunity to commemorate the riots. Thus he moved in 1887 to support
the Labor Day that the Knights supported.
In 1955, the Catholic Church dedicated May 1 to "Saint Joseph The Worker". The Catholic Church considers Saint Joseph the patron saint of (among others) workers, craftsmen,
and "people fighting communism".
Right-wing governments have traditionally sought to repress the
message behind International Workers' Day, with fascist governments in
Portugal, Italy, Germany and Spain abolishing the workers' holiday, the
official May 1st holiday in the US being Loyalty Day, and the Conservative party in the UK currently attempting to abolish the UK's annual May Day Bank Holiday.
