Labor Day (Labor Day)

The holiday is celebrated in 66 countries of the worldOn May 1, 1886, American workers went on strike demanding an 8-hour day. The strike and the accompanying demonstration ended in a bloody clash with police.

In July 1889, the Paris Congress of the Second International decided to hold annual demonstrations on May 1 in commemoration of the Chicago workers’ speech.

The first International Workers’ Solidarity Day was celebrated in 1890 in Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, USA, Norway, France, Sweden and some other countries.

For a long time, May Day was a symbol of revolution, of irreconcilable class struggle. This holiday is celebrated in 66 countries of the world.

In all countries, the first of May is the day of the international brotherhood of peoples, the day of the struggle for peace.