tomiant@programming.dev to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 8 days agoLabor Day is celebrated May 1st worldwide in remembrance of the Haymarket labor massacre. It's Sep 1st in the USA to break with that history.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkLabor Day is celebrated May 1st worldwide in remembrance of the Haymarket labor massacre. It's Sep 1st in the USA to break with that history.en.wikipedia.orgtomiant@programming.dev to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 8 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days ago Labor Day is celebrated May 1st worldwide No, it isn’t. Here the 1st of May is a celebration of spring and fertility. Not a celebration of something that happened elsewhere.
minus-squareunmagical@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days ago No, it isn’t. Yes, it is. “Worldwide” doesn’t mean every single country acting in uniformity. Here’s a map showing how absolutely worldwide celebration of International Workers Day actually is.
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoWell I shall put on my orthopaedic shoes and stand corrected. Looks like just the UK, Ireland and Finland hanging on to our Pagan roots.
No, it isn’t. Here the 1st of May is a celebration of spring and fertility. Not a celebration of something that happened elsewhere.
Yes, it is. “Worldwide” doesn’t mean every single country acting in uniformity.
Here’s a map showing how absolutely worldwide celebration of International Workers Day actually is.
Well I shall put on my orthopaedic shoes and stand corrected.
Looks like just the UK, Ireland and Finland hanging on to our Pagan roots.