Today marks the International Workers' Day, fondly known as May Day, which is immensely significant for the governmental and private staff across the world.
May Day is a global day honoring and commemorating efforts and victories of the workers' class and the labor movement.
The day also was designated in the late 1800s to honor workers' contributions and acknowledge the historic struggles and the subsequent gains that have shaped the ideas of social justice and basic rights in workplaces across the world.
On this date every year, the international community celebrates labor’s rights and inspires people to act in the ongoing fight for social equality.
The day is an official holiday in over 80 countries across the two spheres, including Egypt, China, and Russia.
In some countries across the north part of the earth, the tradition sees a rural festival celebrating the arrival of spring and the anniversary of the World Labour Movement.
May 1 was proclaimed as the date for International Worker's Day to commemorate the Haymarket Riot in Chicago in 1886. The Haymarket Riot, which was a violent confrontation between police and labor protesters, soon became a symbol of workers' rights across the world.
Before the recognition, the working class in the USA and the rest of the world was in a constant struggle to gain the 8-hour workday. Working conditions were severe and it was quite common to work 10 to 16 hour days in unsafe and miserable conditions.
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