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May day or international workers Day is observed on May 1 all over the World today to commemorate the historical struggle and sacrifices of the working people to establish an eight hour Workday. It is a public holiday in almost all the countries of the world.
Since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the US,the workers in mills and factories had been working a long shift, fourteen or even more hours a day.
On May 1st in 1886,inspired by the trade unions, half of the workers at the McCormic Harvester company in chicago went on strike demanding an eighthour workday. Two days later,a workers' rally was held near the McCormic Hervester company and about 6000 workers had joined it.
