Usuku Oluhle Lwabasebenzi Bomhlaba Wonke
Njalo ngonyaka ngomhlaka-1 Meyi, abantu emhlabeni wonke bayahlangana ukuze bagubhe uSuku Lwabasebenzi Lomhlaba Wonke—ukuhlonipha impumelelo, ukuzidela, kanye nomoya ongenakuphulwa wabasebenzi bomhlaba wonke. Lo mcimbi, owaziwa ngokuthi uSuku LukaMeyi noma uSuku Lwabasebenzi ezifundeni ezahlukene, uhlonipha intuthuko ezuzwe yisenzo sokubambisana futhi usikhumbuza ukuthi amaholo afanele, amahora afanele, kanye nezimo zokusebenza eziphephile azilona iphutha futhi aziqinisekisiwe; ziyizithelo zokumela okuqhubekayo kanye nobumbano.
Imvelaphi yoSuku Lwabasebenzi Lomhlaba Wonke ibuyela emuva ngasekupheleni kwawo-1800, lapho izimboni zashintsha khona umnotho kanye nezakhiwo zomphakathi. Abasebenzi babekezelela amashejuli anzima amahora ayishumi nambili noma ngaphezulu ngaphandle kwamalungelo noma ukuvikelwa okunengqondo. Ngenxa yalokho, izishoshovu zezisebenzi e-United States zahlela isiteleka esikhulu ngoMeyi 1, 1886, zifuna usuku lokusebenza lwamahora ayisishiyagalombili. Nakuba le nhlangano yabhekana nokucindezelwa okunobudlova—okwakudume kakhulu eHaymarket Affair yaseChicago—isibindi esaboniswa kulezo zithiyo zokuphikisana sakhuthaza abasebenzi emhlabeni wonke. Ngo-1889, i-Second International yamemezela uMeyi 1 njengosuku lwaminyaka yonke lokubhikisha nokugubha ukukhumbula lowo mzabalazo kanye nokubaluleka kwawo okuqhubekayo.
Emashumini eminyaka edlule, uSuku Lwabasebenzi Lomhlaba Wonke luphenduke isikhumbuzo somhlaba wonke sendima ebalulekile yabasebenzi emphakathini. Amaholide omphakathi, imibuthano, nemicimbi yamasiko kuphawula lesi senzakalo kusukela eTokyo kuya eToronto, kusukela eParis kuya ePitoli. Ezindaweni eziningi, abasebenzi bahamba emigwaqweni yedolobha bephethe amabhanela nezingqwembe ezibiza ubulungiswa bezomnotho, ukulingana, kanye nesithunzi somuntu. Izinkulumo zabaholi bezinyunyana, amaqembu abafundi, kanye nabahleli bomphakathi zigcizelela ukuthi ukulwa kokuphathwa okufanele akukapheli, ngisho noma ukuvikelwa kwezomthetho kanye namanethi okuphepha komphakathi sekukhulile.
Abasebenzi banamuhla babhekana nezinselele ezintsha kanye namathuba amasha. Umnotho we-gig unikeza ukuguquguquka kodwa uvame ukungabi nezinzuzo zezempilo, ikhefu elikhokhelwayo, kanye nokuphepha kwesikhathi eside. Ukuzenzakalelayo kanye nobuhlakani bokwenziwa kuthembisa ukuthuthukisa umkhiqizo kodwa futhi kubeke engcupheni yokuxosha izigidi zabasebenzi embonini yokukhiqiza, yokuthengisa, kanye neyezinsizakalo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kukhula, abasebenzi abasemgqeni ophambili—kusukela kubasebenzi bezolimo kuya kwabasabela ezimweni eziphuthumayo—babhekene nezingozi ezinkulu. Usuku Lwabasebenzi Lomhlaba Wonke luyisikhumbuzo esibalulekile sokuthi abenzi bezinqubomgomo, abaqashi, kanye nomphakathi kumele babambisane ngokuqhubekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi intuthuko izuzisa bonke.
Ngaphandle kwezinkinga zomnotho, i-May Day iphinde igcizelele ukubaluleka kwenhlonipho, ukubandakanya, kanye nokusebenza ngokubambisana. Abasebenzi bakhiwa abantu bobulili obuhlukene, ubudala, izizinda, kanye namakhono ahlukene. Ukulwa nobandlululo, ukuvala izikhala zemiholo, kanye nokudala izindawo zokusebenza ezifinyelelekayo akuhlukaniseki ekufuneni ubulungiswa okubanzi. Ngokwazisa igalelo lomuntu ngamunye, sakha imiphakathi eqinile kanye nomnotho oqinile.
Kulolu Suku Olujabulisayo Lwabasebenzi Bomhlaba Wonke, ake sime kancane ukuze siqaphele ukuzinikela kwabo bonke abasebenzi abanamakhono kanye nomsebenzi wabo okusekela izimpilo zethu zansuku zonke. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ujabulela ikhefu elifanele, uya emhlanganweni, noma umane ucabanga ngamalungelo akho, zigqaje ngempumelelo ehlangene yenhlangano yabasebenzi. Sisonke, singaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa ubulungiswa, ukuphepha, kanye nethuba—kubasebenzi bamanje kanye nezizukulwane ezizayo.