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Essay on Labour Day for children and students

Essay on Labour Day

 Essay on Labour Day

Labor Day is celebrated on 1st May. It is also known as Labor Day or May Day. On this day, we celebrate this day with the aim of respecting the workers as well as raising voice for the rights of the workers so that we can understand the condition of the workers and improve it in a better way. Workers play an important role in the development of any country. it occurs. Laborers play a very important role for a country.


We celebrate Labor Day to honor the contributions of working women and labor men. On the first day of May, we celebrate Labor Day in India. Apart from this, we also know it as May Day. This day is celebrated as International Workers' Day all over the world. This day is celebrated as a national holiday in more than 80 countries around the world including India.

Origin of Labor Day

It was first celebrated in 1923 in Chennai (erstwhile Madras) and its history dates back to 1886. This was the day when the labor unions of the United States decide to go on strike to fulfill their demands.

Even though the protests in the US did not yield any immediate results, it helped in setting the norm of 8-hour workday in India and other countries of the world. Since then, Labor Day has been celebrated as a day of parades and demonstrations around the world.

first labor day

The first Labor Day holiday was observed in New York City on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, according to the plan of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union celebrated its second Labor Day holiday exactly one year later, on September 5, 1883.

By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation making the first Monday of September each year a national holiday.

Some facts related to Labor Day

• Internationally it is celebrated as a working class holiday.

•On Labor Day, the focus is on workers and their needs and rights. This day can become an inspiration to improve the efforts of the workers. They learn about their rights and how to campaign and agitate. This way, they can secure a better life for themselves and their families.

•It was decided to make the workers work only for 8 hours.

In short, we celebrate Labor Day across the world to recognize the efforts of millions of workers and helpers. They make our work easier and work tirelessly to contribute their bit to the society. Therefore, on this day we thank all the workers around the world for their efforts and hard work.