Workers made such a demand - to get a working day that lasted eight hours Strike was eventually completed by clashes with the police, and after a while on that day began to celebrate Labor Day.
Already in July 1889. Paris Congress as a memory of meetings of workers of Chicago decided on May 1 to declare a day of mass actions. And in 1890, in a number of states, Labor Day was celebrated for the first time.
To date, this holiday is celebrated in 142 countries around the world - on the first Monday of May or the first day.
As reported URA-Inform, earlier the government of Ukraine made a decision - in 2017 to make May Day a day off.