International Workers' Day

In most countries May 1st is a day to celebrate the accomplishments of unions. It is not celebrated in Canada or the U.S. although it originated in the United States. On May 1st 1886 more than 300,000 American workers took to the streets of their cities to demand an eight- hour work day. As the first national action for the eight-hour day, the 1886 strike was closely watched by the rest of the world. The walkout brought much of the nation's work to a halt. Acting on behalf of employers Chicago police killed strikers on May 3 and again in the Haymarket affair on May 4. Leftist labour leaders were rounded up and put on trial; four were executed and a fifth killed himself before execution. At the request of the AFL in 1889, the international labor movement adopted May Day as its international holiday. It is a day of struggle and of pride.
Here's a video I may have posted before but it's a reminder of what unions have done for workers.