Labour Day Holidays

[TheDruid-3X3]

Awens to All:

This morning is the Canadian Labour Day Long Weekend which is a Stat Holiday in Canada that is held on the First Monday of September.

So for interest sake, I looked up the History of Labour Day and there is a good Wikipedia Listing for it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day

Seems it mainly Celebrates that Social Compact that established the 8 Hour Work Day with an 8 Hours for Entertainment and 8 Hours for Sleeping.

In most other Countries, it tends to be held on May 1st with a few exceptions which is displayed on this Map:

Countries and dependencies coloured by observance of International Workers' Day or a different variant of May Day or Labour Day:

 Dark Blue - Labour Day falls or may fall on 1 May

 Light Blue -  Another public holiday on 1 May

  Dark Red - No public holiday on 1 May, but Labour Day on a different date

  Light Red - No public holiday on 1 May and no Labour Day

Seems not a lot of Countries Celebrate Labour Day but Celebrate May Day instead which is also known as 'Beltane' in some Celtic Circles.

In Canada, it is mainly the marking of the end of Summer and the imminent return of Children going back to School.  On this Weekend, a lot of Camping is done and also there is a lot of CFL Football Matches played.

In the UK, it is not Celebrated as May 1st is Registered for being Celebrated for another reason.

So if want to Celebrate the established of the 8 Hour Work Day, then Celebrate Labour Day and the Unionist Organizations that brought it about.

TheDruid-3X3

[Tarne]

I find it interesting how the US celebrates labour day and yet has some of the weakest protections for workers in the western world. At least Canada is better. 

[mojomonkey]

3 hours ago, Tarne said:

I find it interesting how the US celebrates labour day and yet has some of the weakest protections for workers in the western world. At least Canada is better. 

Why are you bothered, you lazy freeloader.

[Parrot]

5 hours ago, TheDruid-3X3 said:

Awens to All:

This morning is the Canadian Labour Day Long Weekend which is a Stat Holiday in Canada that is held on the First Monday of September.

So for interest sake, I looked up the History of Labour Day and there is a good Wikipedia Listing for it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day

Seems it mainly Celebrates that Social Compact that established the 8 Hour Work Day with an 8 Hours for Entertainment and 8 Hours for Sleeping.

In most other Countries, it tends to be held on May 1st with a few exceptions which is displayed on this Map:

Countries and dependencies coloured by observance of International Workers' Day or a different variant of May Day or Labour Day:

 Dark Blue - Labour Day falls or may fall on 1 May

 Light Blue -  Another public holiday on 1 May

  Dark Red - No public holiday on 1 May, but Labour Day on a different date

  Light Red - No public holiday on 1 May and no Labour Day

Seems not a lot of Countries Celebrate Labour Day but Celebrate May Day instead which is also known as 'Beltane' in some Celtic Circles.

In Canada, it is mainly the marking of the end of Summer and the imminent return of Children going back to School.  On this Weekend, a lot of Camping is done and also there is a lot of CFL Football Matches played.

In the UK, it is not Celebrated as May 1st is Registered for being Celebrated for another reason.

So if want to Celebrate the established of the 8 Hour Work Day, then Celebrate Labour Day and the Unionist Organizations that brought it about.

TheDruid-3X3

You mean like the Conservative Party ? 

[TheDruid-3X3]

What is it about my Initial Post that makes you think it might be like the Conservative Party?

 

3X3

 

[guzzi]

In the U.K. & the IoM we do have a holiday to mark the end of summer. It is boringly called the 'Late Summer Bank Holiday and occurs on the last Monday of August. It has just the same significance that you say Labor Day has in Canada. i.e.  The end of the summer holiday season and back to school. Having been in the US  over Labor Day, I got the distinct impression that it means the same there, in addition to its official significance.

May Day in the UK has long been celebrated with certain traditions and rituals, kids dancing around a May Pole and weaving ribbons around it, for example. However, in addition to it's folkloric significance, 1st May carries a strong political association, having been designated International Workers Day by the Second Socialist Iternational in commemoration of the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago. 

[TheDruid-3X3]

6 hours ago, guzzi said:

1st May carries a strong political association, having been designated International Workers Day by the Second Socialist Iternational in commemoration of the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago. 

 

I had never heard of the Haymarket Massacre so I did a spot of Research on it and found this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

I found a a couple of YouTubes about it:

 

 

3X3

 

 

 

 

[John Wright]

Conservative = Unionist in UK. Conservative and Unionist Party to give it the full title it had for years. Think you may be confusing a Union Organisation with a Unionist one.

Unionist organisations are right wing Northern Irish political and paramilitary organisations which support the current union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

[cenny]

Do you still celebrate Columbus Day? 

[guzzi]

In Spain, 12 October is a national holiday. It was know as 'Dia de Hispanidad' but now it is known officially as Spain's national day. Historically, it commemorated Columbus landing in the Americas, and the international Hispanic community.

I believe that in the US, many states no longer recognise Columbus Day, some choosing to celebrate indigenous peoples instead.