Google sure knows the value of labourers and has decided to honour them on the occasion of International Labour Day celebrated in India today. International Labour Day or International Workers’ Day is celebrated on the 1st of May in many nations of the world. Over 80 countries officially celebrate the day by giving employees or labourers a holiday. There are many countries who also celebrate the day unofficially.
The day also known as May Day as it is celebrated on the first of May, has an interesting history to it. In 1886, there began a tussle between the police and some workers in what later came to be known as the Haymarket Affair of Chicago. Workers were protesting for an 8-hour workday when the police began dispersing them. In a fit of anger, one of the protestors threw a bomb at the police and the police retaliated by opening fire. Four demonstrators succumbed to the injuries sustained in the firing. 3 years later, in 1889, recognized May Day as an annual event and called for international demonstrations of the 1886 tragedy. The events were soon followed by May Day riots in 1894 in Ohio where due an abnormal increase in unemployment, the public took to protesting against the government for lack of relief measure.

Workers in many countries strived to introduce the day as a National Holiday. However, there are certain countries which still celebrate International Labour Day on a date different than May 1. In Canada, the first Monday of September is .