Labour Day (International Workers' Day)

1 May

International

Why this date

Honours workers; it recalls the 1886 Haymarket events in Chicago in the struggle for an eight-hour working day.

About the day

In May 1886 workers in Chicago went on strike for an eight-hour working day; a bomb at a rally in Haymarket Square led to deaths and the execution of labour activists. In Pakistan it is a public holiday honouring workers' rights.

Observed by

Many countries, including Pakistan (public holiday)