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I deleted the section that referred to an annual parade being held in Beijing to mark International Worker's Day, as


this is simply wrong. No such parade takes place.

Canada

"When socialist delegates in Paris in 1889 appointed May 1 as the official International Labour Day, the Government of Canada — fearing that allowing the proclamation to take hold in Canada might strengthen the socialist movement — quickly moved in 1887 to support the position of the Knights of Labor and their September date for Labour Day. The date was adopted in Canada in 1894 by the government of Prime Minister John Sparrow David Thompson."

So let me get this straight, Socialist delegates declare May 1st International Labour Day in 1889. In response, the Canadian government travels back in time two years to support the decision of the Knights of Labour to stage labour day in September? Those early Canadian politicians were even more cunning than the ones we've got today. TheMightyQuill (talk) 12:13, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cut down the article

Per my comments here Talk:Labour Day#Merge with "International Workers Day"? I think parts of this article need to be removed. In particular, it should only briefly discuss the official Labour Day holiday in NZ and Australia or any country where Labour Day is not on May 1st. Instead, it should discuss any celebrations etc of IWD in these countries. The US seems to be a decent example of what it should be like for once. Remember that IWD generally refers only to the 1st May. This includes in NZ as AFAIK. Nil Einne (talk) 15:13, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The portion referring to the Haymarket massacre seems biased. First of all, it is unknown how many civilians were killed. Secondly, the police responded to a bomb thrown in their ranks, killing eight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.74.91.44 (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Saint Joseph's Day

Saint Joseph's Day is occasionally celebrated on May 1st. It appears that this was previously inserted into the article, but that it was removed after. There are good reasons to include it into the article, since it constitutes an authentic attempt to christianize the International Workers' Day. ADM (talk)

--S. Joseph's day is March 19. Where are they trying that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.114.144.217 (talk) 10:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Date Labor Day officially adopted in the US

In this article it is written that Labor Day was officially adopted in the U.S. in 1887, whereas in the Wikipedia article on Labor Day you find the following: "Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1894,[1] two months after the May Day Riots of 1894." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lebensmuede (talk • contribs) 14:05, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

turkey

Turkey has two sections, one outside of europe and one inside of it. redundancy or propaganda (turkey in european union?)

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