ba1025

I am curious. I know in the USA paid vacations, a shorter work week, sick pay and employer health insurance have been the biggest benefits beyond pay as a result of the labor movement. What have some of the benefits been in your nation.

Ray

Happy May Day to you.

In my Communist State, today was a holiday!!

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antimony

It was a holiday throughout India, I think. I had a hard time explaning to my american customers why the offshore guys in Pune were taking a day off now where Labor Day is in September

gunnut

Damn commies

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dave lukins

Our May "Day" is Friday after work, 'till Monday. Difficult I know, but someone has to do it!!!

Parihaka

We don't have May day, we have Labour Day on the fourth Monday of October.
We also celebrate Poets day.

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Gun Grape

The Rust belt,

Job flight overseas because we cannot afford to pay workers what they want

The welfare state transferring to the employer and the government vice personal responsibility. (Why should you get paid for not working, want to take a vacation save up for it and why should your employer be responsible for your insurance beyond covering workplace accidents?)

And hey we are from the same country.

Isn't it fitting that Unions and Socialist/Communist states have the same holiday. Similar ideas


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Everyan

Gone is the "May Golden week" in China, in favour of more traditional Chinese holidays.

It is a part of CCP's attempt of identity shrift, and the relief to the infamous domestic traffic. However, peasant labours are not happy. Spread-out short holidays are much harder to fulfil, leading to more working hours.

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Kansas Bear

Drive a tank over your neighbor week?

Knaur Amarsh

Here in Punjab too,government holiday





The labourers still worked as hard as ever though

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crooks

In Ireland there's no public holiday, but tons of festivals - for us (and our Gaelic brothers in Scotland and the Isle of Man), the first of May was a very important day in Celtic Polytheism, it's Beal Taine, anglicised as Beltane, the dawning of the pastural summer.

I went to a fireworks display and reconstruction festival - AFAIK it's one of the oldest holidays in the world, and it's amazing it's survived.

We also had spectacular weather, the summer truly IS dawning .

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bolo121

Was Public holiday here in Chennai Too. Best thing was we got 2nd May as well cause everyone worked last weekend. So 4 glorious days of doing nothing!

Knaur Amarsh

Good for you mate

But it feels kinda stupid because all the labourers are really getting nothing out of it,hell,they don't even know about May Day,and even if they knew,they probably wouldn't care a hoot

bolo121

Yes thats really too bad, pity them toiling in hot Chennai sun.

Everyan

haha, I wish I had a tank to crush all the way out. All the plane/train/bus tickets are sold out a week before these freaking holidays...