Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi uMeyi 1 usuku luvuliwe, nokuthi yini egujwa ngempela kulolu suku, iningi lethu alicabangi. Isikhathi esidlule saseSoviet sisikhumbuza ngokuthula nomsebenzi, kodwa igama likaMeyi Usuku alwaziwa kuwo wonke umuntu namuhla.
Umlando weholidi
Namuhla, uMeyi 1 yiholidi lomusika kanye nomsebenzi. Kwabaningi, ukusebenza ekuqaleni kukaMeyi kuhlotshaniswa nensimu kanye nefosholo, kodwa empeleni umlando weholide awuhambisani nhlobo nomsebenzi womsebenzi ojwayelekile kithi. Ekhulwini le-XIX, usuku lokusebenza lwamahora angu-15. Lezo zinsuku zomsebenzi zenze imibhikisho e-Australia ngo-Mashi 21, 1856. Ukulandela isibonelo sase-Australia ngo-1886 ama-anarchist ahlela imiboniso efuna usuku olulodwa lwamahora angu-8 e-US naseCanada. Iziphathimandla azifunanga ukuvuma, ngakho-ke ngoMeyi 4, amaphoyisa azame ukuhlakaza ukubonakaliswa e-Chicago, okubangelwa ukufa kwababonisi abayisithupha. Kodwa lo mbhikisho awuzange ume lapho, ngokuphambene nalokho, abahlanganyeli bawo babethukuthele ukungalaleli kwamaphoyisa, okudlulele ngokucacile igunya layo. Ngenxa yalokho, izingxabano zaqala phakathi kwabaphikisi nabaphathi bakahulumeni, okubangela izisulu ezintsha. Phakathi nokuphikisana, kwaqhuma ibhomu, iningi labahlanganyeli kule mpikiswano lalimala, okungenani amaphoyisa angu-8 kanye nabasebenzi abane babulawa. Emacala okuhlela ukuqhuma, abasebenzi abahlanu abavela enkundleni ye-anarchist bagwetshwe ukubulawa, abanye abathathu babezochitha iminyaka engu-15 ejele.
Ngo-July 1889, i-Paris Congress of the Second International yabanjwa, lapho kunqunywe khona ukusekela ukuhamba kwabasebenzi base-United States naseCanada, futhi beveza nentukuthelo yokujeziswa kokufa kanye nokusetshenziswa okungenabulungisa kwamandla abaphikisi. Ngemuva kwemibukiso ephumelelayo efuna ukwethula usuku olulodwa lwamahora ayisishiyagalolunye futhi lenze ezinye izinguquko zomphakathi, uMeyi 1 waba yisikhathi seholide, okukhumbuza ukufezwa kwabasebenzi emzabalazweni onzima wamalungelo abo.
Amasiko May 1
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, uMeyi uSuku wabuthana imiboniso yabasebenzi futhi ngokuyinhloko kwakuyizinsuku zokubhikisha nezisholo zezombangazwe. Phakathi nenkathi yeSoviet, imiboniso yagcinwa, kodwa leli holide laba yisikhulu, futhi izinkulumo zalo zashintsha, ngaleso sikhathi abantu babonga abasebenzi kanye nombuso. Namuhla, cishe akukho okukhunjulwa kwanoma yiliphi ilanga uMeyi 1 ngaphambili, leli holide elahlekelwa umbala walo wezombangazwe. Manje lokhu kungukugubha okuqhakazile, okuvame ukwenzeka embuthanweni wabangani nomndeni, emvelweni noma e-dacha.
Iholide lesimanje lentwasahlobo kanye nomsebenzi igujwa emazweni angu-142, ngezinye izikhathi igubha ngoMsombuluko wokuqala kaMeyi. Amaqembu amaningana asalokhu egcina isiko ukuhlela imiboniso ngezingqikithi zezombangazwe nezombusazwe ezibukhali, kodwa kubantu abaningi leli holide manje lihlotshaniswa kuphela nemikhosi yabantu, ukuhambela okuthula, izintandokazi.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi e-United States iholidi lomsebenzi ligujwa ngolunye usuku, nakuba izenzakalo kuleli zwe zaba yisizathu sesisekelo sawo. IJapane inezinsuku zayo zemicimbi ehlonishwayo, futhi amazwe angaphezu kuka-80 awanalo iholidi elinjalo ekhalendeni labo.
Namuhla, uMeyi 1 yilusuku lwamazwe ngamazwe entwasahlobo nasemisebenzini, iholidi elinomlando ocebile. Yiqiniso, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi amasiko alolu suku ashintshile, manje liholide eliqhakazile futhi elijabulisayo, akukho lutho olunjengezingxabano kanye nomzabalazo wabasebenzi ngamalungelo abo.