Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first Monday in May each year, but not the United ...

In some countries, May Day is a public holiday for workers, including France, Kenya and China, where it lasts five days. In Russia, Communist-led May Day celebrations were once massive affairs.

In the 19th century, May Day took on a new meaning in the U.S. when May 1 was declared International Workers’ Day amid a labor movement for worker’s rights and an eight-hour workday.

May Day, or International Workers Day, is celebrated with marches and rallies every May 1 to lift up the working people and their demands for freedom, equality, and justice. That is the Red tradition ...

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May Day was first celebrated thousands of years ago as a spring festival that included dancing – in some places using ribbons and circling a "Maypole" – singing and eating cake.

What springs to mind when you hear May Day? In the U.S. and abroad, the day has grown to encompass a spectrum of meanings. But the themes have remained the same: worker unity, suppression and rebirth.