Today is International Labor Day!In China,it means a three-day vocation.All my friends in China are going to travel some places to enjoy and have a rest,but only me need to study and even have classes tomorrow!What’s more,I even have to prepare my mid-term exams on this week!I am so dispirited that there is no vocation on International Labor Day in Korea!
So I will share some information about today and hope someday there is a vocation on May 1.International Labor Day which is also known as May Day is a celebration of the international labor movement.May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many countries.
International Labor Day is the commemoration of the 1886 in Chicago.The police were trying to disperse a public assembly during a general strike for the eight-hour-workday, when an unidentified person threw a bomb at them. The police reacted by firing on the workers, killing four demonstrators. "Reliable witnesses testified that all the pistol flashes came from the center of the street, where the police were standing, and none from the crowd. Moreover, initial newspaper reports made no mention of firing by civilians. A telegraph pole at the scene was filled with bullet holes, all coming from the direction of the police.
May Day was formally recognized as an annual event at the International's second congress in 1891.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 class sought to make May Day an official holiday, and their efforts largely succeeded. May Day has been an important official holiday in countries such as the People Republic of China, North Korea,Cuba and the former Soviet Union.May Day celebrations typically feature elaborate popular and military parades in these countries.
Although I am not a working class now,maybe you are not,but we still have a right to have a vocation and good rest.
I was curious about the origins of International Labor Day, so it was nice to find out the details through your blog.
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