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Labour Day is celebrated with a public holiday in Australia. Each state holds it on a different day. It’s just not held on May 1st.
That seems specifically made up to make it impossible for the labor movement to use the day for anything general.
In the US they made May 1st “loyalty day” like Loyalty to the US government so don’t you dare do any commie shit lmao
I think states hold it in March to honour the 8 hour “march”, or in May in tribute to May 1. If it was held on May 1 and that coincided with a weekend without a weekday off in lieu, people would go apeshit.
Yeah Ireland holds it on the first Monday in May and it’s a national holiday.
Same in UK, bank Holiday first Monday in may so it occasionally lines up
tbh, a guaranteed three day weekend is pretty based.
This is true in the US too. First monday of september.
Burgerland begrudgingly celebrates it at all, but was intentionally moved elsewhere to minimize any international solidarity.
Of course, with labor day comes whiny screeds of "when's capital day!?"