International Labour Day 2020

International Labour Day or Worker’s day is celebrated on 1 May every year to celebrate labourers and the working class. The day promotes international labour associations.

The day commemorates the Haymarket affair or the Haymarket massacre in Chicago.

The day is observed as a national holiday in many countries.

On this special day, the composition of Faiz Ahmed ‘Faiz’ is remembered. He has spoken about the rights of the workers.

Labour unions and socialists celebrate the day by organizing programs and improving wages and working conditions of the workforce.

During the rise of industrialization, the US exploited the working class during the 19th century and made them work up to 15 hours a day under rigorous conditions that exploited them.