Ngā mihi o te Rā o ngā Kaimahi o te Ao

I ia tau i te 1 o Mei, ka whakakotahi te iwi o te ao ki te whakanui i te Rā o ngā Kaimahi o te Ao—he whakanui i ngā whakatutukitanga, ngā patunga tapu, me te wairua pakari o te hunga mahi o te ao. E mōhiotia whānuitia ana ko te Rā o Mei, ko te Rā Mahi rānei i ngā rohe rerekē, ka whakanuia e tēnei hui te ahunga whakamua i riro mai i te mahi tahi, ā, ka whakamahara mai ki a tātou ko ngā utu tika, ngā hāora tika, me ngā tikanga mahi haumaru ehara i te mea tūpono, kāore hoki i te whakamanahia; ko ngā hua ēnei o te tautoko me te kotahitanga tonu.

I ahu mai ngā takenga mai o te Rā o ngā Kaimahi o te Ao i te mutunga o te rautau 1800, i te wā i hurihia ai e te ahumahi ngā ōhanga me ngā hanganga pāpori. I pāngia ngā kaimahi e ngā wā mahi uaua o te tekau mā rua hāora, neke atu rānei, me te kore he tika, he tiakitanga rānei e whai tikanga ana. Hei whakautu, i whakarite ngā kaiwhakahau mahi i te Hononga o Amerika i tētahi porotēhi nui i te 1 o Mei, 1886, me te tono kia waru hāora te roa o te mahi i te rā. Ahakoa i pāngia te kaupapa e te tukino tutu—ko te mea tino rongonui i te Haymarket Affair o Chicago—ko te maia i whakaatuhia i runga i aua rārangi piket i whakaaweawe i ngā kaimahi huri noa i te ao. I te tau 1889, i kīia e te Second International ko te 1 o Mei te rā ā-tau mō te whakahē me te whakanui hei whakamaumaharatanga mō taua pakanga me tōna hiranga tonu.

I roto i ngā tekau tau, kua whanake te Rā o Ngā Kaimahi o te Ao hei whakanui i te tūranga nui o te hunga mahi i roto i te hapori. Ko ngā hararei tūmatanui, ngā parade, me ngā huihuinga ahurea e tohu ana i te kaupapa mai i Tōkyō ki Toronto, mai i Parī ki Pretoria. I roto i te maha o ngā wāhi, ka hikoi ngā kaimahi i roto i ngā tiriti o te tāone me ngā haki me ngā papa e karanga ana mō te tika ōhanga, te ōritetanga, me te mana tangata. Ko ngā whaikōrero a ngā kaiārahi uniana, ngā rōpū ākonga, me ngā kaiwhakahaere hapori e whakaū ana kei te kore e oti te pakanga mō te tika o te whakahaere, ahakoa kua whānui haere ngā tiakitanga ture me ngā kupenga haumaru hapori.

He wero hou kei te tūtaki te hunga mahi o ēnei rā, me ngā whai wāhitanga hou anō hoki. He ngāwari te mahi a te ōhanga mahi tahi, engari he maha ngā wā kāore he painga hauora, he utu hararei, me te haumarutanga mō te wā roa. E oati ana te aunoatanga me te matauranga horihori ki te whakarei ake i te hua, engari ka tūpono hoki te neke atu i te miriona o ngā kaimahi i roto i ngā ahumahi hanga, hokohoko, me ngā ratonga. I tua atu, i te kaha haere o te huringa āhuarangi, ka tūtaki ngā kaimahi kei mua i te rārangi - mai i ngā kaimahi ahuwhenua ki ngā kaiwhakautu ohorere - ki ngā tūponotanga nui ake. He whakamaharatanga nui te Rā o Ngā Kaimahi o te Ao me mahi tahi ngā kaihanga kaupapa here, ngā kaitukumahi, me te hapori whānui kia whai hua ai te katoa.

Haunga ngā āwangawanga ōhanga, e whakanui ana hoki te Rā o Mei i te hiranga o te whakaute, te whakauru, me te mahi tahi. Ko ngā kaimahi he mea tito mai i ngā tāngata o ngā ira tangata, ngā tau, ngā papamuri, me ngā pūkenga rerekē. Ko te whawhai ki te whakahāwea, te kati i ngā āputa utu, me te waihanga i ngā wāhi mahi e wātea ana, kāore e taea te wehe atu i te rapunga whānui mō te tika. Mā te whakanui i te takoha a ia tangata, ka hangaia e tātou he hapori kaha ake, he ōhanga pakari ake.

I tēnei Rā Kaimahi o te Ao, kia tū tātou ki te mihi ki te ngākau pono o ia kaimahi, nā rātou nei ngā pūkenga me ngā mahi e tautoko ana i ō tātou oranga o ia rā. Ahakoa kei te pai tō wā okiokinga, kei te haere ki tētahi huihuinga, kei te whakaaroaro noa rānei ki ō tika, kia whakahīhī ki ngā whakatutukitanga a te kaupapa mahi. Mā te mahi tahi, ka taea e tātou te whakatairanga tonu i te tika, te haumaru, me te whai wāhitanga—mō ngā kaimahi o nāianei me ngā whakatipuranga kei te heke mai.