Work is Worth all the Respect: Happy Labour Day
International Labour Day is celebrated on the 1st of May every year. It is a day to celebrate and appreciate the labours in a society, who relentlessly do hard-work for the betterment of everyone else. From construction works to clerks and everyone else whose rigorous labour sustains our economy and society is a labourer and deserves respect. Hence Labour Day is the day to show respect.
Although the origin of Labour Day is unclear there are two stories. One that says it originated in New Zealand. On 28 October 1890 thousands of trade union members and supporters organised parades in the main centres where even government employees were given holiday to be able to attend the parades and several private businesses were also closed. Labour Day is said to be the result of spreading communist thoughts.
Apparently Canada is also said to be the origin of this phenomenon as during the 1870’s labour disputes at Toronto a March in support of a strike against 58 hour workweek in 1872 was conducted. The first exhibit of Labour Day resulted into an arrest of 24 union leaders under anti-union laws for organizing this parade.
No matter when or where it was originated, the fact that we shall not ignore is the ideology behind it, the ideology of equality amongst all humans and respect to physical labour. GreenPro India wishes all the working class and our own employees a Happy Labour Day!
