All workers who have worked hard for a year, good morning on Labor Day!

For most people, international labor day has become synonymous with a small and long holiday. Since yesterday, the expected small and long holiday has begun. At the moment, are you lying flat on the sofa and enjoying a beautiful holiday? Still busy working and hard working?

Thinking encyclopedia knows that at present, many people wait for the weekend on Monday, prepare for the weekend, go back and forth on Monday, and worry about how there are so few holidays, but do you know? We now have holidays, but more than 100 years ago, the working people struggled to shout to the capital to strive for the ideal of labor.

At the end of the 18th century, the economy of European and American countries developed rapidly. Out of the urgent demand of labor force, the bourgeoisie continued to extend working hours to squeeze workers. At that time, the working hours of migrant workers were generally 14-18 hours a day, which was in dire straits.

In order to strive for the eight hour working system, 350000 American workers took to the streets and demonstrated on May 1, 1886. After hard struggle, the strike movement finally won. In order to commemorate this great workers’ movement, May 1 was designated as “International Labor Day” at the second International Paris conference in 1889.

The origin of the Chinese people and labor day can be traced back to 1919. On May 1 this year, Beijing Morning Post created a special number to introduce the international labor day. This is the first time that Chinese newspapers have published news about the world working people’s day. On May 1, 1920, in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jiujiang, Tangshan and other industrial cities, some revolutionary intellectuals united with the working masses to hold a massive parade and rally to strive for their own rights and interests.

After the founding of new China, in 1949, the Administrative Council of the Central People’s government officially designated May 1 as the legal labor day. Since then, the holiday time of labor day has been adjusted several times. This year, according to the notice of the general office of the State Council on the arrangement of some holidays in 2022, there will be a five-day holiday from April 30 to May 4, which is a proper small and long holiday.

In conclusion, the significance of Labor Day lies in that workers have won their legitimate rights and interests from capital and rulers through struggle and with tenacious, heroic and unyielding spirit of struggle. This is not only the historical progress of human civilization and democracy, but also the essence of May Day. However, a short rest is for a better start. After the festival, we have to roll up our sleeves and try to give full play to the value of migrant workers. After all, workers are the creators of all civilizations and wealth. On May Day this year, what is everyone doing now? Welcome to leave a message and share. See you next time. (produced by thinking Finance) ■