Every year, the occasion of International Labour Day is celebrated across the globe on May 01. Also known as May Day or Worker’s Day is observed to raise awareness and educate people about the importance and rights of workers. Labour Day 2023: history, significance, and why it is celebrated.
In several countries, Labour Day is a national holiday where several organisations organise campaigns for the betterment of their employees. While New York was the first state to introduce a bill recognizing Labour Day, Oregon was the first to pass a law on it on February 21, 1887.
Later in 1889, the Marxist International Socialist Congress adopted a resolution for a great international demonstration in which they demanded that the workers should not be made to work for more than 8 hours a day. With this, it was also decided that May 1 would be declared as a holiday.
Labour Day in India
India began celebrating Labour Day on May 1, 1923, in Chennai, and is also known as ‘Kamgar Divas’, ‘Kamgar Din’, and ‘Antrarashtriya Shramik Divas’. The day was first observed by the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan, and is considered a national holiday in the country.
Labour Day celebrations
On this day, people across the world observe the day by conducting marches and protests to ensure the workers’ rights and save them from being exploited. The day is also declared a public holiday in several countries in order to spread awareness.
In India, the day is also known as Antarrashtriya Shramik Diwas or Kamgar Din. The day was first observed in India in the year 1923.
Take a look at these quotes which celebrate the workers and hard work:
1. Today, in the May Day, find a worker and shake his hand with gratitude! Without workers, no civilisation could be built. International Labour Day 2023!
2. May Day is not an ordinary day because it is a day that cherishes the extraordinary people, the workers. Labour Day 2023
3. If suddenly the whole workers of the whole world disappear then the whole world will stop! Let us all realise this and let us celebrate the workers – these great people who make our world move. May Day 2023
4. Without labour nothing prospers.
5. It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.
6. No work is insignificant. All labour that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
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7. Before the reward, there must be labour. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
8. A hundred times every day, I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.
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