1866, the first international Geneva conference put forward the slogan of eight-hour work system. 1877, the first national strike in American history began. The working class took to the streets to demonstrate and proposed to the government to improve working and living conditions, demanding that working hours be shortened and an eight-hour working day be implemented.
1884 in June, eight international and national workers' groups in the United States and Canada held a rally in Chicago, USA, and decided to hold a general strike on May 1886, forcing capitalists to implement an eight-hour working system. May 1886, 1 350,000 workers from more than 20,000 enterprises in the United States stopped work and took to the streets to hold massive opposition activities.
In order to commemorate this great workers' movement and protest the subsequent verdict, workers' opposition activities were held all over the world. These activities became the predecessor of International Labor Day. 1 in July, 889, at the second international founding conference organized by Engels, it was announced that May1day would be designated as International Labor Day every year.
May Day activities in various places
1, Thailand: Thailand promulgated the labor regulations for the first time in 1932, and then designated May 1 every year as National Labor Day to reward hard-working workers. On this day, Thailand will have a unified national holiday, and the capital and some big cities will also have related celebrations, but the scale will generally not be too large.
2. Russia: There are many parades, rallies and entertainment activities. Since the establishment of Labor Day internationally, Russia has always attached importance to this special festival. On May 1 day, there was a national holiday in Russia, and various celebrations and mass activities were held.
3. Britain and France: Europe regards May as Labor Day, many countries have a day off, and some put the public holiday on the first Monday in May according to the situation.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-May Day International Labor Day.