Today, we are enjoying the legal holiday of May Day, but do you know how much effort we made in order to fight for the legitimate rights and interests of the working people? Today let's take a look at the development history of May Day? Which country did May Day originate from?
International Labor Day (May Day), also known as international labor day and labor day, is the labor day of most countries in the world.
At the end of the 18th century, many countries, such as the United States and Europe, gradually developed from capitalism to imperialism. In order to stimulate the rapid economic development, extract more surplus value, and maintain the high-speed operation of capitalism, capitalists constantly took measures to increase labor time and labor intensity to cruelly exploit workers.
In the United States, workers have to work 14 to 16 hours a day, some even as long as 18 hours, but the wages are very low. The pressure of the workers was great. The cruel exploitation aroused the anger of the proletariat. They united and fought against the capitalists through the strike movement. The strike slogan put forward by the workers is to demand the implementation of the eight hour working system.
The first strike originated in Chicago City in 1877. The working class marched to the streets and proposed to the government to improve the working and living conditions, shorten the working hours and implement the eight hour working system. Before long, the number of trade union members increased rapidly, and workers from all over the country took part in the strike movement. Later, at the second international founding conference in 1889, it was announced that may 1 of each year would be international labor day.
In China, people's celebration of May Day dates back to 1918. This year, some revolutionary intellectuals distributed leaflets to the masses in Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Hankou, etc.
On May 1, 1920, the masses of workers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jiujiang, Tangshan and other industrial cities marched to the market and held a huge procession and rally. Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao and others published articles on Labor Day in well-known magazines, calling on the working people to protect their workers' rights and interests, arousing the workers' awareness of fighting against exploitation and fighting for their own rights. This is the first time that China commemorates the May Day International Labor Day, and it is also the first may day in Chinese history.
In September 1999, the State Council reformed and introduced a new legal holiday system. The national day, the Spring Festival and the May Day holidays, together with compensatory leave, will be a national holiday for seven days.
Since November 9, 2007, the national legal holiday adjustment plan has been published on people's.com, xinhuanet.com, sina.com, sohu.com and other websites to carry out public opinion surveys. The contents of the adjustment mainly include that the May Day holiday is adjusted from 7 days to 3 days and reduced by 4 days. May Day golden week has also become history.
Therefore, through the origin and development of May Day, we can see that its significance lies in the fact that workers have won their legitimate rights and interests through struggle and with indomitable, heroic and unyielding spirit of struggle, which is the witness of the historical progress of human civilization and the essence of May Day.
Looking at the development history of May Day, do you have any feeling in your heart? Seeing that our ancestors kept fighting for their own interests, what's the reason why we don't work hard in this peaceful age?