Labour Day

Today was Labour day. As we all know, Labour Day is a public holiday celebrated every 1st of May. However, do we actually know what is the purpose of Labour Day (besides it being a public holiday) and how Labour Day originated? Well, I'll bet most of you don't. Thus, let me explain to you. Labour Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. The majority of countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1, and it is popularly known as May Day and International Workers' Day, while some celebrate on the first Monday of September.The celebration of Labour Day has its origins in the Eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.

As you can see, Labour Day is a day to let the workers who have worked hard for the whole year to have a chance to rest. Thus, Labour Day may seem just as an ordinary holiday for us, but it is especially significant towards labourers as it celebrates their acheivements. I feel that labourers have worked hard over the year to make our life safer and more comfortable. They have very little holidays as compared to us students. Therefore, I think Labour Day is more of a break for the well-deserving labourers and not for us.

Finally, I would like to wish you all a Happy Labour Day. I think that we should use our Labour Day holiday to revise for our studies as we hardly get an public holiday.