Usuku Lwabasebenzi Lwehlabathi Olumnandi
Minyaka le ngomhla woku-1 kuCanzibe, abantu kwihlabathi liphela bayadibana ukuze babhiyozele uSuku lwaBasebenzi beHlabathi—ukuhlonipha impumelelo, ukuzincama, kunye nomoya ongenakuqhekeka wabasebenzi behlabathi. Eyaziwa ngokuba yiCanzibe okanye uSuku lwaBasebenzi kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo, lo msitho uhlonipha inkqubela ezuzwe yintshukumo edibeneyo kwaye usikhumbuza ukuba imivuzo efanelekileyo, iiyure ezifanelekileyo, kunye neemeko zokusebenza ezikhuselekileyo aziyongozi kwaye aziqinisekiswanga; ziziqhamo zokukhuthaza okuqhubekayo kunye nomanyano.
Imvelaphi yoSuku lwaBasebenzi beHlabathi ibuyela umva ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1800, xa uphuhliso lwemizi-mveliso lwaguqula uqoqosho kunye nezakhiwo zentlalo. Abasebenzi banyamezela iishedyuli ezinzima zeeyure ezilishumi elinesibini nangaphezulu ngaphandle kwamalungelo okanye ukhuseleko olubalulekileyo. Ukuphendula, abalweli bemisebenzi eMelika baququzelela ugwayimbo olukhulu ngoMeyi 1, 1886, befuna usuku lokusebenza lweeyure ezisibhozo. Nangona le ntshukumo yayijongene noxinzelelo olunobundlobongela—oludume kakhulu kwiHaymarket Affair yaseChicago—inkalipho eyabonakaliswa kuloo migca yokukhalaza yakhuthaza abasebenzi kwihlabathi liphela. Ngo-1889, iSecond International yabhengeza umhla woku-1 kaMeyi njengosuku lonyaka loqhankqalazo kunye nombhiyozo wokukhumbula loo mzabalazo kunye nokubaluleka kwawo okuqhubekayo.
Kwiminyaka emininzi edlulileyo, uSuku lwabaSebenzi beHlabathi luye lwaba lusuku lokukhumbula indima ebalulekileyo yabasebenzi kuluntu. Iiholide zikawonke-wonke, iindibano, kunye neziganeko zenkcubeko ziphawula esi siganeko ukusuka eTokyo ukuya eToronto, ukusuka eParis ukuya ePitoli. Kwiindawo ezininzi, abasebenzi bahamba ezitalatweni zesixeko bephethe iibhena kunye neebhodi ezibiza ubulungisa kwezoqoqosho, ukulingana, kunye nesidima soluntu. Iintetho zeenkokheli zemibutho, amaqela abafundi, kunye nabaququzeleli boluntu ziqinisekisa ukuba ukulwa ngobulungisa akukagqitywa, nangona ukhuseleko olusemthethweni kunye nenethiwekhi yokhuseleko loluntu luye lwanda.
Abasebenzi banamhlanje bajongene nemingeni emitsha kunye namathuba amatsha. Uqoqosho lwe-gig lubonelela ngokuguquguquka kodwa luhlala lungenazo izibonelelo zempilo, ikhefu elihlawulelwayo, kunye nokhuseleko lwexesha elide. Uomatshini obuzenzekelayo kunye nobukrelekrele bokwenziwa buthembisa ukuphucula imveliso kodwa bukwabeka emngciphekweni wokugxotha izigidi zabasebenzi kumashishini okuvelisa, okuthengisa, kunye neenkonzo. Ngaphezu koko, njengoko utshintsho lwemozulu lusiya lusanda, abasebenzi abakwimigca engaphambili—ukusuka kubasebenzi bezolimo ukuya kwabasabela kwiimeko zikaxakeka—bajongene neengozi ezinkulu. Usuku lwaBasebenzi beHlabathi lusebenza njengesikhumbuzo esibalulekileyo sokuba abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo, abaqeshi, kunye noluntu kufuneka basebenzisane ngokusebenzayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba inkqubela phambili inceda wonke umntu.
Ngaphandle kweengxaki zoqoqosho, iMay Day ikwagxininisa ukubaluleka kwentlonipho, ukubandakanywa, kunye nokusebenzisana. Abasebenzi bakhiwa ngabantu besini esahlukileyo, ubudala, imvelaphi, kunye nezakhono ezahlukeneyo. Ukulwa nocalucalulo, ukuvala izikhewu zemivuzo, kunye nokudala iindawo zokusebenza ezifikelelekayo azahlukani nokufuna ubulungisa ngokubanzi. Ngokuxabisa igalelo lomntu ngamnye, sakha uluntu oluqinileyo kunye noqoqosho oluzinzileyo ngakumbi.
Kulo Mhla woSuku lwabaSebenzi beHlabathi oluNwabileyo, masime kancinci ukuze siqaphele ukuzinikela kwabasebenzi bonke abanetalente kunye nomsebenzi wabo oxhasa ubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla. Nokuba uyonwabela ikhefu elifanelekileyo, uya kwindibano, okanye ucinga nje ngamalungelo akho, zigqamise ngempumelelo ehlangeneyo yentshukumo yabasebenzi. Sisonke, singaqhubeka nokuphucula ubulungisa, ukhuseleko, kunye namathuba—kubasebenzi bangoku nakwizizukulwana ezizayo.