May Day: Solidarity & empathy in times of Covid
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1st May, 2021 02:47:56
The historic May Day is being observed on Saturday as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic which has rendered millions of workers jobless across the world in recent months.
In normal times, the day is a public holiday in Bangladesh and marked with a slew of events. But there are no outdoor events this year, like 2020, as the country battles the second wave of the virus.
May Day, also called the International Workers Solidarity Day, commemorates the historic uprising of the working class in Chicago for an eight-hour workday.
This year, the theme for this historic day in Bangladesh is Sramik-Malik Nirbishesh, Mujib Borshe-Gorbo Desh .
Photo: Amran Hossain
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages ahead of the day.
President Hamid called upon the owners of mills and factories to assist the government in standing by the vulnerable workers bearing the brunt of the pandemic.
Prime Minister Hasina also remembered the role of Bangabandhu in establishing the rights of the exploited and working-class people. Bangabandhu formulated labour policy 1972 in order to establish an exploitation free and equal society. He nationalised the mills and factories to strengthen the economy while ensuring the rights of the workers, she said.
May Day: Solidarity & empathy in times of Covid United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, May 1 The historic May Day is being observed on Saturday as the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic which has rendered millions of workers jobless across the world in recent months.
In normal times, the day is a public holiday in Bangladesh and marked with a slew of events. But there are no outdoor events this year, like 2020, as the country battles the second wave of the virus.
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May Day, also called the International Workers Solidarity Day, commemorates the historic uprising of the working class in Chicago for an eight-hour workday.
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DHAKA, April 30, 2021 (BSS) – The historic May Day will be observed tomorrow in the country and elsewhere across the world with due respect.
The day is being observed across the globe since 1886 commemorating the supreme sacrifices of the workers at Hay Market, Chicago, in the USA for eight-hour work day and upholding the rights of the working people.
To press home their demands, working people had to sacrifice their lives in tragic bomb attacks and police atrocities on May 1, 1886. In 1889, the International Socialist Conference declared that in commemoration of the Haymarket affair, and to pay respect to the innocent victims, 1 May would be an international holiday for labour, now known in many places as International Workers’ Day.