International Labor Day 1st May 2023

International Labor Day is being celebrated to highlight the sacrifices of workers and their rights all over the world, including Pakistan, and rallies will be organized in all major cities in this regard.

Even on the day celebrated for the workers, the worker, unaware of the importance of this day, goes to work for the bread of his children. On May 1, 1886, the workers, capitalists and industrialists of the city of Chicago, USA. The workers took to the streets on the exploitation, but the police opened fire on the procession, killing and injuring hundreds of workers, while dozens were hanged for raising their voice for their rights.

International Workers’ Day is celebrated on May 1st in most countries of the world to express solidarity with the workers of Chicago. May 1st is celebrated every year with a pledge to make efforts to change the economic conditions of workers. The celebration of Labor Day at the national level in Pakistan started in 1973 during the regime of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.