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May 1st is international labour day, a day which commemorates a time of civil unrest in the late 19th century when workers in
industrialized countries demonstrated for improved working conditions, wage raises and the establishment of a maximum working day and week.
Many of the demonstrations were suppressed with force. The rights that demonstrators fought for at that time are featured in the preamble to the original ILO Constitution and are still current today.
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| Street demonstration during Labor Day, San Francisco, USA |
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Trade unions demonstrate unity at a march in Annecy, France |
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Labor Day demonstration, San Francisco, USA |
The ILO Library holds several books and brochures that tell the history of May 1st - (pdf 36 KB).
We have included some related links on the subject:
How to find more information through Labordoc
International Labour Standards on Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining, Hours of work and Industrial Relations
- C1 Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919
- C11 Right of Association (Agriculture) Convention, 1921
- C14 Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921
- C30 Hours of Work (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1930
- C47 Forty-Hour Week Convention, 1935
- C84 Right of Association (Non-Metropolitan Territories) Convention, 1947
- C87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948
- C106 Weekly Rest (Commerce and Offices) Convention, 1957
- C98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949
- C135 Workers' Representatives Convention, 1971
- C141 Rural Workers' Organisations Convention, 1975
- C151 Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978
- C154 Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981
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