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China
Celebrated on May 1, Labour Day in China is a major holiday carrying comparable significance as the National Day, which occurs on October 1, and the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month.
In 1999, the Labour Day holiday was extended from 1 day to 3 days. The Chinese government made it a 7 day holiday by moving the prior and upcoming weekends together with these 3 days. The Labour Day holiday was one of the three Golden Weeks in China, allowing millions of Chinese people to travel during this period.
France
May 1 is declared a holiday in France. The French also celebrate Le jour du muguet. Workers and students sell lily of the valley (French: Muguet) on the streets and from door-to-door to collect funds for unions and associations.
Germany
In Germany, Labour Day was established as an official holiday in 1933 after the Nazi Party rose to power. It was supposed to symbolise the new-found unity between the state and the German people. However, just later on May 2, 1933, all free unions were outlawed and destroyed. But since the holiday had been celebrated by German workers for many decades before the official state endorsement, the Nazi attempt to appropriate it left no long-term resentment.
India
India started observing Labour week beginning on May 1, 1927. However, Labour day in India is a national holiday.If any company open in this date then it treated as illegal and if any company pened then police can take action against it (Penalty upto 50,000 Rs).List of 2010 national holidays in India]. In Maharashtra and Gujarat (States in India), Labour week also coincides with 'Maharashtra Divas' and 'Gujarat Divas' (respectively, Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day) because the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were created on the same week in 1960.
Italy
In Italy, May 1 is a national holiday and demonstrations by trade unions are widespread. Since the 1990s, the unions have organised a massive free concert in Rome, with attendances topping a million people. United States
Main article: Labor Day
Labour Day is a United States federal holiday that falls on the first Monday of September.[8] It is customarily viewed as the end of the summer, especially of the vacation season;[9] many schools open for the year in the week after Labour Day.[10] The United States also adopted the tradition of not wearing white after Labour Day from Canada.
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