What great man commemorates May Day International Labor Day?

May Day International Labor Day commemorates the May Day strike of American workers instead of people.

19 In the 1980s, as capitalism entered the monopoly stage, the proletariat in the United States grew rapidly and a magnificent workers' movement appeared.

At that time, in order to accumulate capital, the American bourgeoisie brutally exploited and squeezed the working class, forcing workers to work as long as 12 to 16 hours a day by various means, and some even reached 18 hours. American workers gradually realize that in order to protect their rights, they must rise up and fight.

1877, the first national strike broke out in the United States. The working class took to the streets to demonstrate and proposed to the government to improve working and living conditions, demanding that working hours be shortened and an eight-hour working day be implemented. Under the strong pressure of the workers' movement, although the U.S. Congress was forced to enact the law of eight-hour work system, this law eventually became a dead letter. ?

Starting from 1884, the advanced workers' organizations in the United States adopted a resolution to fight for the realization of the "eight-hour working day" and decided to launch a wide-ranging struggle for the implementation of the eight-hour working day on May 1886. After the slogan of eight-hour work system was put forward, it immediately received enthusiastic support and response from the working class in the United States, and thousands of workers in many cities joined the struggle. The striking workers were brutally suppressed by the American authorities, and many workers were killed and arrested. ?

On March, 350,000 workers in Chicago and other American cities went on strike and held large-scale demonstrations to demand better working conditions. The strike was suppressed by the American authorities. But this bloody struggle shocked the whole United States. The powerful force of the joint struggle of the working class forced the capitalists to accept the demands of the workers. ?

1889 In July, the Second International led by Engels held a congress in Paris. In order to commemorate the May 1 strike of American workers, show the great power of "proletarians all over the world unite" and promote the struggle of workers in all countries for an eight-hour working day, the meeting passed a resolution to hold an international workers' demonstration on May 1890, and decided to designate May 1 day as the International Labor Day.

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The historical significance of May Day International Labor Day;

The significance of International Labor Day lies in the fact that workers have won their legitimate rights and interests through struggle with indomitable heroism. This is the historic progress of human civilization and democracy, and it is also the essence of May 1 International Labor Day.

Labor creates wealth, labor creates civilization, and laborers are the creators of all civilizations and wealth. Labor is divided into mental labor and manual labor. Mental workers sum up the experience of manual labor, and manual workers realize their ideas. The significance of May Day International Labor Day should make people realize this. The glory of labor lies in scientifically realizing that the development of human civilization is the result of the combination of mental labor and manual labor.

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