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Learn more »May Day, or May 1, is also known as International Workers Day on which laborers and the labor movement around the world are celebrated.
Despite the global recognition of the holiday, the celebration began after peaceful protests became violent in the United States, where it has less meaning today.
During the 1880s, working conditions were dangerous, but workers were paid little, so industrial workers’ strikes were becoming more and more common, according to History.com.
On May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers in the United States. walked out of their...