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Sunday, April 30, 2006
THANK AUSTRALIA FOR YOUR EIGHT HOUR WORK DAY. HAPPY MAY DAY FROM CHINA  May Day is the start of the"Golden Week" holiday. It is a week of great reverie and unimaginable crowds for entertainment, sightseeing and celebration. Tens of thousands will gather in Tian'anmen square for the ceremonial flag raising.  May Day dates back to 1856 in Australia. Workers decided on a day of work stoppage as a demonstration in favor of an eight-hour work day. Americans followed suit in 1886 by deciding that May 1 should be a day of universal work stoppage. Some 200,000 workers of them left their posts and demanded an eight-hour day. Police and legal harassment stalled a repeat of the event until 1888. Europe, led by the French (who think May implies permission to take long vacations not the name of a month :) ) led the charge in 1889: A European Workers Congress decided that the eight-hour day would be their lead demand. In China May Day implies MILLIONS of train travellers, park visitors and more than 5 million people crossing the border to Hong Kong and Macau. Disneyland will indeed be a small world after all. Retail businesses will experience up to a 40% increase in sales. The government usually boasts that there are rare reports of traffic accidents involving casualties during holiday. Ah, it may be the dearth of privately owned vehicles, but I am just speculating. I am laying low. It will be site clean-up day for me and the addition of many more expat services on the sidebar. Happy May Day! Chinese Asia China Blog Minimum Wage environment Workers Rights Lonnie Hodge Guangzhou Tiannamen Square South China China Photos Australia May day China ONEMANBANDWIDTH Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Lonnie at 11:49 AM |
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