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五一劳动节由来英文介绍
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laborday:
howitcameabout;whatitmeans
labordaydiffersineveryessentialwayfromtheotherholidaysoftheyearinanycountry,"saidsamuelgompers,founderandlongtimepresidentoftheamericanfederationoflabor."allotherholidaysareinamoreorlessdegreeconnectedwithconflictsandbattlesofman"sprowessoverman,ofstrifeanddiscordforgreedandpower,ofgloriesachievedbyonenationoveranother.laborday……isdevotedtonoman,livingordead,tonosect,race,ornation."
laborday,thefirstmondayinseptember,isacreationofthelabormovementandisdedicatedtothesocialandeconomicachievementsofamericanworkers.itconstitutesayearlynationaltributetothecontributionsworkershavemadetothestrength,prosperity,andwell-beingofourcountry.
founderoflaborday
morethan100yearsafterthefirstlabordayobservance,thereisstillsomedoubtastowhofirstproposedtheholidayforworkers.
somerecordsshowthatpeterj.mcguire,generalsecretaryofthebrotherhoodofcarpentersandjoinersandacofounderoftheamericanfederationoflabor,wasfirstinsuggestingadaytohonorthose"whofromrudenaturehavedelvedandcarvedallthegrandeurwebehold."
butpetermcguire"splaceinlabordayhistoryhasnotgoneunchallenged.manybelievethatmatthewmaguire,amachinist,notpetermcguire,foundedtheholiday.recentresearchseemstosupportthecontentionthatmatthewmaguire,laterthesecretaryoflocal344oftheinternationalassociationofmachinistsinpaterson,n.j.,proposedtheholidayinXXXX年whileservingassecretaryofthecentrallaborunioninnewyork.whatisclearisthatthecentrallaborunionadoptedalabordayproposalandappointedacommitteetoplanademonstrationandpicnic.
thefirstlabordayholidaywascelebratedontuesday,september5,XXXX年,innewyorkcity,inaccordancewiththeplansofthecentrallaborunion.thecentrallaborunionhelditssecondlabordayholidayjustayearlater,onseptember5,XXXX年.
inXXXX年thefirstmondayinseptemberwasselectedastheholiday,asoriginallyproposed,andthecentrallaborunionurgedsimilarorganizationsinothercitiestofollowtheexampleofnewyorkandcelebratea"workingmen"sholiday"onthatdate.theideaspreadwiththegrowthoflabororganizations,andinXXXX年labordaywascelebratedinmanyindustrialcentersofthecountry.