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Labor Day is celebrated May 1st worldwide in remembrance of the Haymarket labor massacre. It's Sep 1st in the USA to break with that history. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago

Labor Day is celebrated May 1st worldwide

No, it isn’t. Here the 1st of May is a celebration of spring and fertility. Not a celebration of something that happened elsewhere.