{"id":8341,"date":"2026-05-01T00:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/may-1-international-labor-day\/---4e881e0c-d95e-4e3b-97b0-22bb9d9e29f5"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:06:14","slug":"may-1-international-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/may-1-international-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"May 1, International Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">International Labor Day was established due to the workers&#8217; struggle to seek and secure their rights, freedoms, and working and living conditions. The movement began in 1884, when the Federation of Organized Market and Worker&rsquo;s Union (predecessor of the American Federation of Labor) drafted a resolution that &#8220;beginning on May 1, 1886, the working hours for all workers should be 8 hours.&#8221; On May 1, 1886, over 200,000 workers, gathered in Chicago&#8217;s central square, went on strike to demand their rights. The death of 7 police officers during the protests, which had been going on for several days, was the cause of the response of the Chicago Police to the workers&#8217; movement. As a result of a bomb thrown by the police forces, 8 foremost leaders of the workers&#8217; federation were killed, thus turning May into the month of commemoration of workers&#8217; efforts to win their rights. Three years after the Chicago event, in 1889, the Second International Socialist, which took place in Paris (France), established the celebration of May 1 as the day of union, struggle, and solidarity of all the world&#8217;s workers. Today, May 1, is celebrated worldwide as International Workers&#8217; Solidarity Day. In the Republic of Albania, it is included in the list of official holidays. <em>(In the photo: Illustrative photos from the May 1st celebrations in Albania.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">Text:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\"> Albanian Telegraphic Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">Photo: <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">&copy; https:\/\/thealbanianprofile.com\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">Graphic processing: <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif;\">AHCF<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Labor Day was established due to the workers&#8217; struggle to seek and secure their rights, freedoms, and working and living conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ngjarje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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