May Day was marked once again around the
globe with political protests and demonstrations by organized labor. The
Occupy Wall Street movement, which formed last year in New York, used
the day to spread its message of social and economic inequality. Also
known as International Workers Day, May 1 is marked in different ways
around the world, and in many countries May Day is observed as a
national holiday. This celebration of the international labor movement
stemmed from a deadly 1886 labor demonstration in Chicago calling for an
eight-hour workday.
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