International Workers’ Day is celebrated on 1st May in most countries dedicated to workers and laborers across the world. It is often referred to as May Day.
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The day is celebrated to honour the contribution of working men and women and to pay tribute to workers sacrifices in achieving economic and social rights all over the world.
It is observed on May Day (1st May), an ancient European spring festival. The date was chosen by a pan-national organization of socialist and communist political parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886.
In India, the first Labour day or May Day was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai.
