Labour Day Celebration

Labour Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day originated from the labour union’s eight-hour day movement which supported eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest policy.

Many countries like Malaysia associated Labour Day with international workers day, where we celebrate it on May 1. But other countries celebrated it on a different date which related with their own labour movement.

Let see which countries are celebrating on different date;

Australia

On the 21st of April, 1856, the first march for an eight-hour day by the labour movement occurred in Melbourne. But the Labour Day public holiday in Australia vary from different state and territory. In Australian Capital, South Australia and New South Wales it is celebrated on first Monday in October. Victoria and Tasmania are celebrating on second Monday in March and it is celebrated on first Monday in March at Western Australia.

Bahamas

Labor Day is a national holiday in the Bahamas, celebrated on the first Friday in June in order to create a long weekend for workers. The traditional date of Labor Day in the Bahamas, however, is June 7, in commemoration of a significant workers' strike that began on that day in 1942

Canada

Labour Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in Canada since the 1880s. The origins of Labour Day in Canada can be traced back to December 1872 when a parade was staged in support of the Toronto Typographical Union's strike for a 58-hour work-week.

Jamaica

In 1961, Jamaican Chief Minister Norman Washington Manley proposed the replacement of Empire Day with Labour Day, a celebration in commemoration of May 23, 1938, when Alexander Bustamante led a labour rebellion leading to Jamaican independence.

New Zealand

In New Zealand, Labour Day is a public holiday held on the fourth Monday in October. Its origins are traced back to the eight-hour working day movement that arose in the newly founded Wellington colony in 1840, primarily because of carpenter Samuel Parnell's refusal to work more than eight hours a day.

Trinidad and Tobago

In Trinidad and Tobago, Labour Day is celebrated every June 19. This holiday was proposed in 1973 to be commemorated on the anniversary of the 1937 Butler labour riots.

United States

In the United States, Labor Day is a federal holiday observed on the first Monday of September. It is customarily viewed as the end of the summer vacation season.[8] Many schools open for the year on the day after Labor Day.

Pakistan

First labor policy in Pakistan was framed in 1972, in which May 1 was declared an official holiday. The creation of the Social Security Network, Old Age Benefit Schemes and Workers Welfare Fund were also articulated. Pakistan’s constitution also contains various provisions and articles about labor rights.

Source : wikipedia

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