Sri Lanka, May 1 -- International Worker's Day, celebrated annually on the 1st of May, is a day dedicated to honouring the rights, dignity, and sacrifices of working people across the world, said General Secretary of the Samagi Sevaka Sangamaya Subash Karunaratne in a massage to mark the International Workers' Day.
Excerpts from the message are below:
'It is not merely a ceremonial occasion, but a powerful reminder of the historic struggles undertaken by workers to secure justice, fair treatment and humane working conditions.
The origin of May Day can be traced back to the Haymarket struggle in Chicago, United States, in 1886. At that time, workers were forced to work 12 to 16 hours a day under harsh and unsafe conditions. They launch...