International Workers’ Day

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commemoration international observance labor holiday left-wing holiday public holiday

International Workers’ Day is an annual labor and left-wing holiday observed on May 1 in many countries to honor workers’ struggles and achievements, particularly the fight for the eight-hour workday.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Labour Day 2
International Labour Day 1
International Workers Day 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commemoration ⓘ
international observance ⓘ
labor holiday ⓘ
left-wing holiday ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs International Workers’ Day ⓘ
surface form: International Labour Day

International Workers’ Day ⓘ
surface form: Labour Day

May Day ⓘ
associatedWith anarchist movements ⓘ
communist movements ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
left-wing political parties ⓘ
socialist movements ⓘ
celebratedOn May 1 ⓘ
commemorates Haymarket affair ⓘ
fight for the eight-hour workday ⓘ
workers’ struggles and achievements ⓘ
firstFormallyRecognizedBy Second International ⓘ
focusesOnDemand better working conditions ⓘ
eight-hour workday ⓘ
fair wages ⓘ
social protections for workers ⓘ
followsCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar
legalStatusInManyCountries public holiday ⓘ
mainTheme class struggle ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
trade unionism ⓘ
workers’ rights ⓘ
observedIn Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
many countries worldwide ⓘ
originatedFromEvent Haymarket affair ⓘ
originatedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
originatedInCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
promotedBy Second International ⓘ
symbol raised fist ⓘ
red flag ⓘ
timeOfYear spring in the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
typicalActivities demonstrations ⓘ
marches ⓘ
parades ⓘ
protests ⓘ
rallies ⓘ
speeches ⓘ
strikes ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Workers’ Day → alsoKnownAs → International Workers’ Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labour Day
International Workers’ Day → alsoKnownAs → International Workers’ Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Labour Day
May Day → alsoKnownAs → International Workers’ Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Workers' Day
Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker → associatedWith → International Workers’ Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Workers Day
Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument → associatedWith → International Workers’ Day ⓘ
Haymarket affair → commemoratedBy → International Workers’ Day ⓘ
labour movement → isAssociatedWith → International Workers’ Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Labour Day
South Africa → nationalHoliday → International Workers’ Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Workers' Day