I. Introduction to Labor Day

International Labor Day, also known as "May Day International Labor Day", is a national holiday in more than 80 countries in the world. On May 1 day every year. This is a festival shared by working people all over the world.

Second, the origin of Labor Day

In the 1 and19th centuries, many countries in the United States and Europe gradually developed from capitalism to the stage in order to extract more surplus value for the rapid economic development.

In order to maintain this high-speed capitalist machine, capitalists continue to exploit workers cruelly by increasing labor time and intensity.

Under the strong pressure of the workers' movement, although the US Congress promulgated the law of eight-hour working week. But some capitalists simply ignore it. This law is just a dead letter. Workers still live in dire straits and are tortured by capitalists.

The workers decided to push this struggle for the right to life into a new and larger-scale movement. In Chicago, USA, about 350,000 people participated in large-scale activities in the United States, demanding to improve working conditions and implement an eight-hour working system.

In order to commemorate the great workers' movement and the subsequent verdict, workers' activities were held all over the world. These activities became the predecessor of International Labor Day.