The Labour Day or May Day is a holiday celebrated on May 1 of each year that it intends to recall the commitment of the union movement and the achievements in economic and social workers. Labour Day is recognized in many countries around the world but not all.
International origins
More precisely, it refers to remember the workers' battles of conquest aimed at a precise right: the daily working hours shall be eight hours. These battles led to the promulgation of a law that was passed in 1867 in Illinois (USA). The First International also demanded that similar laws were adopted in Europe.
The origin of this festival dates back to an event organized in the United States by the Knights of Labour (Knights of Labor, an association Founded in 1869) in New York on 5 settembre1882. Two Years Later, in 1884, a similar event at the Knights of Labor Passed a resolution That Had the event an annual basis. Other Affiliated trade unions to 'International Workers - close to Socialist Movements and Anarchists - Suggested date of May as a holiday.
But dropping the final choice on this date the Serious incidents Were That Occurred in early May 1886 in Chicago (USA) and Known as the Haymarket uprising. These facts Had Their climax on May 4 When police fired on demonstrators Causing Many Casualties.
The then President Grover Cleveland Believe That the celebration of May 1 Could Be an Opportunity To commemorate this event. Then, fearing the commemoration That Would be too much for td, Italian Carabinieri and the Sharpshooters, surrounding the industrial core. At the gate are the opposition of workers and diminish their bayonets. Trumpets to signal to fire, shooting into the crowd, and the many injured victims. The coverage of the crime speaks of only two dead and six wounded transported to the hospital. But the dead are at least four: Louis Fabbricini, Aniello Marino Domenico Del Grosso and Aniello Olivieri. These are the established names of the first martyrs of the Italian working history.
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