International Workers' Day
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International Workers' Day, also called Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers, the labour movement and the working class that is marked every yea
2013 International Workers’ Day demonstration in Austria
1889 design by Walter Crane celebrating International Workers' Day
A 1 May rally in Bucharest, Romania, 1967
International Workers' Day rally in Moscow, Soviet Union, 1960
Labor Day
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Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the de
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…Day" or a similar name. Some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States and Canada, which celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September. In 1955, the Catholic Church dedicated 1 May to "Saint Joseph the Worker". Replacing another feast of St. Joseph…
Labor Day Parade in New York's Union Square, 1882
P. J. McGuire, Vice President of the American Federation of Labor, is frequently credited as the father of Labor Day in the United States.
The 1894 Labor Day parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
A back-to-school sale at a Walmart