Difference between revisions of "May 1"

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Ths 1st May is the Day of international Solidarity of Workers.

• 1884 - Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States
• 1886 - The start of the general strike which eventually wins the eight-hour workday in the United States. These events are today commemorated as May Day or Labor Day in most industrialized countries.