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"Conservative Democratic President Grover Cleveland was one of those concerned that a labor holiday on May 1 would [...] strengthen socialist and anarchist movements that backed the May 1 commemoration around the globe. In 1887, he publicly supported the September Labor Day holiday as a less inflammatory alternative [...]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day#Labor_Day_versus_May_Day
"The ruling class did not want to have a very active labor force connected internationally."
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/30/1095729592/what-is-may-day-history
#LaborDay #workers #WorkerSolidarity #history