Workers observe May Day with marches and demos across the world | Photos
International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in many countries and known as May Day, is a yearly event
International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in many countries and known as May Day, is a yearly event that celebrates workers and the working class.
Backed by the worldwide labour movement, Labour Day is marked every year on May 1 or, in some places, on the first Monday of May.(AP)
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The day stands for the workers, as a gratitude for their work and as a reminder for a fight for fair pay and good working conditions that is still going on around the world.(AP)
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On this day in 1889, a group of socialist groups and trade unions picked 1 May to show support for workers. They chose this date to remember the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886), where a bomb killed seven police officers and at least four other people.(AP)
Five years later, US President Grover Cleveland, worried about the connection between Workers’ Day and socialism, made Labour Day an official holiday in the United States.(AP)
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Since then, Labour Day has grown into a global event. Millions of people take part in marches, rallies, and other events to honour workers and ask for their rights.(AP)
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(From L to R) Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince George, Prince Louis, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Princess Charlotte gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on May 5, 2025. They stood united in tribute during the national anthem. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
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This tradition has started when the maker of "Budgie Smuggler" was giving out free swimming trunks to the first 200 people who voted in smugglers, as per reports.
