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Today, May Day, i.e. the 136th International Workers' Day of this year, is being celebrated with various programs. This day is celebrated on May 1 every year as a day to guarantee the professional dignity and respect of workers and to establish their rights.
Taking this day as a festival, workers around the world have been celebrating this day with various programs to put pressure on the government and employers to ensure their rights.
This time also in Nepal, various labor organizations are celebrating this day by holding various programs.
On May 1, 1886, this day has been celebrated every year in memory of the workers' movement that started in Chicago, America with the slogan 'Eight hours of work, eight hours of entertainment and eight hours of rest'. During the protest, seven workers were killed in a bomb blast and police firing at a place called Hay Market in Chicago. The labor movement finally achieved success. After the
, in 1889, a meeting of the World Labor Organization and labor leaders held in Paris, France, decided to celebrate World Workers' Day around the world. Wis. in Biratananagar in Nepal. With the success of the labor movement in 2003 and the changes in 2007, this day was started to be celebrated. With the political change of 2046, public holidays have also been started in Nepal on this day.
The tradition of May Day was introduced here in opposition to the Panchayat rule. According to the Federation of Nepal Trade Unions, May Day was organized for the first time in 2019 by the Nepal Labor Organization.
