Socialist Progressives

international workers' solidarity. And would like to learn more.

I think everyone celebrating the same Labor Day would be a step in the direction of uniting workers worldwide more.

I recently learned that workers in a number of nations outside the US celebrate on May 1 (knew that) because of an event that happened in the US (did not know that). The event is in wiki as the Haymarket Affair but is also referred to as the Haymarket massacre (of strikers), which happened early in May.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

Supposedly, President Cleveland did not want US workers associating their day off with the Haymarket Massacre. So, we observe it in September (and associate it with backyar hammocks and grilling).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/labor-day

Shouldn't Labor Day be associated with some event that actually reminds and teaches us something connected to the labor movement? And, if we want some kind of international affiliation, why not with nations who observe it on May 1 in honor of the martyrs of our very own US labor movement?

Also, who teaches the history of labor and labor movements to the general public, especially workers who are not going to go to college? How about unions joining together for the purpose of acquiring a cable network, on which they can do that, as well as informing workers about the unions that own the network and aabot what is going on in labor around the nation and the world?