This article is about International Workers' Day on 1 May, which is sometimes also called May Day/Maharashtra Day. See May Day for the traditional spring holiday. See Labour Day for other labor-related holidays..
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May Day 2006 march in Chicago
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| Official name | International Workers' Day |
| Also called | May Day |
| Celebrations | Organized street demonstrations and street marches |
| Date | 1 May |
| Next time | 1 May 2015 |
| Frequency | annual |
| Related to | May Day, Labor Day, various other Labour Days |
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International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some places, is a celebration of laborers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labor movement, anarchists, socialists, and communists and occurs every year on May Day, 1 May, which also coincides with the Celtic spring festival.[1][2] The date was chosen for International Workers' Day by the Second International to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886.[2] This Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.[3]
Being a traditional European spring celebration, May Day is a national public holiday in many countries, but in only some of those countries it is celebrated specifically as "Labour Day" or "International Workers' Day". Some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States which celebratesLabor Day on the first Monday of September.
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