Labour Day on 1st of May

red, 18 days ago

The yellow color of Finland is weird. We call it Vappu, or Walburgs Night, but it’s indeed a paid holiday labour day.

NigelFrobisher, 18 days ago

Er, May Day in the UK has absolutely nothing to do with Labour Day or International Workers Day. It’s just another Beltane derived festival where people dance like twats with sticks or around a big pole.

Aussiemandeus, 18 days ago

In Australia where I am from we have it the first Monday of May rather then a set day so it’s always a long weekend.

Other parts of the country are the first Monday of October for whatever reason but I’m assuming better weather.

reksas, 18 days ago

i dont understand the reasoning of this map’s color code choices

Venator, 18 days ago

Maybe they were thinking: Red means stop (work), Green means go(to work).

Or maybe: red for communists, green for money 🤑

loputozirak, 18 days ago

oh how I wish all these countries would be comunist!

Zagorath, 18 days ago

In Australia it varies by state. Only Queensland and the Northern Territory celebrate the early May Labour Day (and the NT calls it “May Day” rather than “Labour Day”). On the 1st of the month, but the first Monday in May.

I think other states have it at different times for a variety of reasons. Part of it is a deliberate effort to disempower the day from its international meaning. But it’s also about spreading out public holidays. After two public holidays for Easter in late March/early April and ANZAC Day on 25th April, Labour Day being the first week of May is a lot of public holidays in a very short time.