Will have a holiday to 4 days on May 1, 2019 tone rests, in all 4 days. On April 28 (Sunday) , on May 5 (Sunday) go to work.
But how do 51 labor day come, not be everybody can know, small write the past history that follows to say 51 red-letter days with everybody today.
51 May Days (International Labor Day or May Day) , weigh May Day, labor day again, it is the labor day of most country on the world.
The festival results from the labour National People's Congress of American Chicago city goes on strike, to mark this great labour movement, the 2nd international 1889 holds water announce on congress will annual will be a May Day surely on May 1.
In the center of China courtyard of people government government affairs made a decision in December 1949, will be labor day certainly on May 1. After 1989, the State Council basically commends 5 every years countrywide model worker and advanced worker, commend every time 3000 people left and right sides.
This festival hard-earned, rear accumulate the heavy history that contained a paragraph of the working class and bourgeois fight.
18 centuries end, a lot of countries such as the United States and Europe, develop imperialist level by capitalism stage by stage, develop to stimulate economic high speed, extort more surplus value, in order to maintain the capitalist machine that this high speed runs, capitalist adopts the idea that raises work time and labor intensity to exploit bitterly ceaselessly worker.
Be in the United States, workers should work everyday 14 to 16 hours, some is as long as even 18 hours, but pay is very low however. The oversee of factory of a shoe once had said administrative division of equestrian Sa Zhu Sai such word: "Make strong 18 years old of boys with perfect constitution, work on the side of an any machines that be here, the hair when I can make he is in 22 years old becomes ashen! " heavy class is oppressive aroused the anger with tremendous proletarian. They know, want to strive for existent condition, unite only, through going on strike motion and capitalist make a fight. The strike catchword that workers put forward, ask to execute an eight hour working day namely.
1877, strike of whole nation of the first time on American history began. The working class moves toward street parade demonstrate, put forward to improve labor and living conditions to the government, the requirement shortens man-hour, execute an eight hour working day. Go on strike before long, the team expands with each passing day, increase sharply of union membership number, each district worker also joined strike campaign in succession.
Below the powerful pressure of labour movement, although United States Congress was forced to enact the legislation of the eight hour working day. But, acridity capitalist grants far from pay attention to, this law just is a mere scrap of paper, workers remain the life to be in an abyss of suffering, the times torment that suffers capitalist. The workers that be driven beyond forbearance decide to strive for this live the fight of the right, push to a new climax, preparation holds more massive strike campaign.
October 1884, 8 of the United States and Canada are mixed internationally national worker organization, a meeting is held in American Chicago, the decision held a general strike on May 1, 1886, force capitalistic executive eight hour working day. This day comes eventually.
On May 1, the shutdown of 350 thousand worker of 20 thousand many enterprises of American goes into the street, held the demonstration of impetus huge, all sorts of color of skin, the worker of each type of work has a general strike simultaneously. Only Chicago a city, have 4. 50 thousand workers emerge street. This falls, main industry department of the United States is in break down condition, the train turned deadlocked into the snake, the shop is more silent, all storehouse also close and affix a paper strip for sealing. Be versed in in the strike philtrum popularity wears at that time " song of 8 hours " , sing in the song:
"We should change the world an appearance, we were tired of for nothing pains, light gets hand-to-mouth worker pay, never time lets us think. Wen Huaxiang of our important news, we should bask, we believe: God allows weekday 8 hours only. We are mixed from dock, workshop factory, convened our team, strive for 8 hours of jobs, 8 hours rest, 8 hours put in him 's charge! 8 hours put in him 's charge!!
Ablaze singing sang the worker's aspirations, called the collective desire of whole world proletarian, also affected broad masses, they support strike motion of the worker in succession, the strike motion is pushed to new climax. The vast power that strike motion place behaves makes governmental authorities and capitalist very panicky, their not reconciled to promises the worker's condition, show the one side of their ferocious.
On May 3, chicago authorities government tore down eventually " democratic " masque, suppress a worker with force. They organize strike Hun to leave the strike team of infiltrate worker in constabulary protection, make a disorder intentionally, it is excuse with this, shoot on the spot beat dead 6 workers. This one violence, aroused the great indignation of whole city worker, the worker brother that they are determined to be die in an accident revenge!
A general strike moves, make governmental authorities and capitalist very panicky, their not reconciled to promises the worker's condition, show the one side of their ferocious.
On May 3, chicago authorities government tore down eventually " democratic " masque, suppress a worker with force. They organize strike Hun to leave the strike team of infiltrate worker in constabulary protection, make a disorder intentionally, it is excuse with this, shoot on the spot beat dead 6 workers. This one violence, aroused the great indignation of whole city worker, the worker brother that they are determined to be die in an accident revenge!
To mark this great labour movement, july 1889, the 2nd international that in Engels the organization holds holds water announce on congress will annual will be a May Day surely on May 1, abbreviation " 51 " . Answer actively what this decides to get worker of world each country instantly.
On May 1, 1890, the working class of Euramerican each country takes the lead in moving toward street, hold royal demonstration and meeting, strive for legitimate rights and interests. From now on, whenever this day, the working people of world each country wants assembly, parade, celebrate in order to show.
This festival hard-earned, rear accumulate the heavy history that contained a paragraph of the working class and bourgeois fight.
When date from the history of 8 hours of duty, you can discover these 8 hours of duty have how hard-earned. Recent 996 duty, it is one kind is disobeyed avowedly not only " labor law " working system, it is the retrogression of system of a kind of job more; Those who destroy is working-class through bleeding sacrifice strives for him maintenance that come over since past dynasties the safeguard system of legitimate rights and interests, it is the working class sacrifices to strive for the acquisition that come over according to manage lawfully through bleeding the basiccest right that labor rests.
