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Many countries have their date based on the International Worker's Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by Zababa 5y ago
Many countries have their date based on the International Worker's Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day. The US aren't the only one celebrating it on a different day, Japan does it too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Thanksgiving_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Thanksgiving_Day.
- mcv 5y agoFunny thing about that is that the the international one, on May 1, is ultimately based on a strike in Chicago. So the entire world celebrates Labour Day based on an event in the US, while the US alone uses a different date. And somehow that doesn't even seem that unusual to me; the US often is the first with a new idea, and as soon as others join in, they back down.
- Zababa 5y ago> while the US alone uses a different date As I said in my post, the US aren't alone in that, Japan also uses a different date. Canada also celebrates it on a different day, the same as the US. Ireland celebrates it on the first Monday in May.