Olunye uSuku lukaMeyi lufikile kwaye lwahamba, kwaye uninzi lwabantu baseMelika aluzange luqaphele. Bekungasoloko kunje. Kumashumi eminyaka adlulileyo, amawaka abasebenzi abakubudala obahlukeneyo, iintlanga kunye nesini babhiyozele umhla wokuqala kuMeyi ngokumatsha bexhasa amalungelo abasebenzi. Abasebenzi ngokwesiko babenxiba ezibomvu ngoMeyi Day ukubonisa umanyano kumzabalazo wabo wokuchasa amandla ongxowankulu nokukhumbula igazi elaphalazwa ngamawaka abasebenzi kumzabalazo wesidima somntu. Kubantu abaninzi baseMelika, uMeyi Day ngokungathandabuzekiyo udibanisa imibono engathandekiyo yemibhiyozo yeMeyi Day yobuchule bomkhosi kwindawo eyayisakuba yiSoviet Union. Kodwa imiboniso enjalo ifihla into yokuba uMeyi Day wazalelwa eMelika
Abasebenzi baseMelika babengasoloko bekwamkela ubukho bobungxowankulu njengendalo. Ukubekwa kwindawo enye kwenkunzi ekupheleni kwenkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba kwenze mandundu iimeko zokusebenza ezazisele zimbi kakhulu. Abasebenzi babesoloko bebulawa yaye bengxwelerheka emsebenzini; iintsuku zokusebenza ezili-12 ukuya kwezili-16 zaziqhelekile; izindlu zenkampani kunye nevenkile yenkampani igcine abasebenzi kubukhoboka obubonakalayo njengoko imalana encinci abayifumanayo ibuyela ngqo kwinkampani. Ngokuphathelele ukhuseleko lomsebenzi, ukuthetha ngokuchasene nomphathi kuya kukugxotha kwaye uphoswe ezitratweni. Ezi meko zabonelela ngomhlaba ochumileyo kubasebenzi ukuba bamkele iingcamango ze-socialism kunye ne-anarchism ezazisasazwa kwiindawo zabafuduki.
I-Federation of Organised Trades and Labour Unions, i-precursor ye-American Federation of Labor, yabiza uqhankqalazo oluqhelekileyo ukuba lwenzeke ngoMeyi 1, 1886, ukuxhasa usuku lweeyure ezisibhozo zokusebenza - ngaphandle kokunciphisa umvuzo. Ngaloo mini, abasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-300,000 amawaka kulo lonke elaseUnited States bashiya imisebenzi yabo. EChicago kuphela abasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-40,000 baye bagwayimba. Amashishini kunye namapolisa asabela ngobundlobongela. Nge-3 kaMeyird Amapolisa kunye neePinkertons ezixhobileyo zabetha abasebenzi abachophayo ngaphandle kweMcCormack Reaper Works eChicago, babulala ababini kwaye benzakalisa abanye abaninzi. Ngosuku olulandelayo umntu othile waphosa ibhombu kwindibano eyayiseHaymarket Square, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba amapolisa adubule eso sihlwele. Kwabakho ugonyamelo olungakumbi. Amapolisa asixhenxe kunye nabasebenzi ababini babhubhile. Abanye abaninzi bonzakele.
Ihlabathi libukele njengoko ilizwe lase-Illinois libanjwa, lazama, kwaye lagweba iinkokeli ezisibhozo ze-anarchist zeyelenqe. Ngababini kuphela ababanjiweyo ababekho, yaye babebukele ngokupheleleyo xa ibhombu yayiqhushumba, ngoko abazange babekwe ityala lokuphosa ibhombu. Kunoko, batshutshiswa ngenxa yentetho neenkolelo zabo zobupolitika. Abasixhenxe bagwetyelwa ukufa. Abane baxhonywa, owesihlanu wazibulala, yaye abanye abathathu baxolelwa kwiminyaka emithandathu kamva. Ngenxa yokuhlonipha i-Haymarket Martyrs kunye nomzabalazo wabasebenzi, abasebenzi baseMelika baqala ukubonisa amandla abo ngoqhanqalazo oluninzi rhoqo ngoMeyi 1. Ngo-1889, i-socialist Second International eParis yaseka ngoMeyi 1.st njengoSuku lwaBasebenzi baMazwe ngaMazwe, usuku olwamkelwa namhlanje kumazwe angaphezu kwama-75 kwihlabathi liphela - kodwa hayi e-United States.
Ukulandela ukubulawa kwabantu eHaymarket, urhulumente, ishishini, kunye namajelo eendaba aphehlelela iRed Scare yokuqala yaseMelika ngokulwa imfazwe nee-anarchists, socialists, immigrants, kunye neemanyano. Ukungavisisani kwezentlalo kwahlala kuphezulu xa amapolisa kunye nomkhosi wabulala abasebenzi abangamashumi amathathu ababegwayimba ngexesha lePullman Strike ka-1894. Ukubakho koqhankqalazo lwabasebenzi kunye novukelo-mbuso kwabangela ukuba uMongameli uCleveland enze usuku olukhethekileyo lokukhumbula abasebenzi. Ukuze ugweme ukubopha usuku kwi-International Socialist movement kunye nokubulawa kwabantu eHaymarket, uCleveland wakhetha uMvulo wokuqala kaSeptemba njengoSuku lomSebenzi, usuku lokuvuma abasebenzi. Kodwa uninzi lwabasebenzi kwihlabathi liphela nase-United States basalubhiyozela uSuku lukaMeyi. Kamva, ebudeni beminyaka yemfazwe ebandayo, uMongameli Eisenhower wahlabela mgama ekujongeni phantsi iinjongo zikaMeyi Day ngokubhengeza umhla woku-1 kuMeyi njengosuku lokuzinikezela kwesizwe kwimigaqo karhulumente phantsi komthetho. Ngo-1961 iNkongolo yayenza yasemthethweni. EUnited States, umhla woku-1 ngoku waziwa njengoSuku loMthetho.
Abasebenzi baseMelika benze inkqubela enkulu ukusukela ngoMhla wokuqala kaMeyi, kodwa ngoku ilizwe lethu libuyela umva njengoko uhlaselo lwabasebenzi luya luqina. Inani lezindlu zowiso-mthetho zombuso ligqithise okanye likwicala lokuwisa imithetho ecima iminyaka elikhulu yokhuseleko lwabantwana. Kwaye kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, izindlu zowiso-mthetho zelizwe ezingama-21 zenze imithetho โyeLungelo lokuSebenzaโ, iMichigan ikuphela kwelizwe phakathi kwabo ukurhoxisa elabo. Kuphinde kubekho isigqibo sikaJanus, esiqhwalela imibutho yabasebenzi bakarhulumente. Kwaye uMthetho we-PRO, kunye neenguqulelo zawo zangaphambili ezinokuthi zikhusele ilungelo lokuququzelela, zimisiwe kwiCongress amashumi eminyaka. Kule mihla, uSuku lomSebenzi luye lwajika lwaba yimpelaveki yokuphela kwehlobo engenanto yakwenza nomsebenzi. Lixesha lokuba abasebenzi baseMelika-kuyo yonke imisebenzi, isini, uhlanga, ubuhlanga, kunye neminye imigca ethe ngamanye amaxesha isahlule-ukubonisa amandla abo. Lixesha lokubuyisela uMeyi Day.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa ngemali kuphela ngesisa sabafundi bayo.
Nikela