Siku ya Wafanyakazi duniani ilianza Marekani baada ya maandamano ya kutaka saa nane za kazi kwa siku.
Maadhimisho ya Mei Mosi duniani yana historia ndefu inayotokana na mapambano ya wafanyakazi waliotaka haki bora za ajira mwishoni mwa karne ya 19.
Katika miaka ya 1880 nchini Marekani, wafanyakazi walidai kupunguzwa kwa muda wa kazi hadi saa nane kwa siku badala ya saa nyingi zilizokuwa zikichosha na kuhatarisha afya zao.
Mnamo Mei 1, 1886, maandamano makubwa yalifanyika kote Marekani, hasa Chicago, ambapo hali ilizidi kuwa mbaya baada ya tukio la Haymarket lililosababisha vifo na mshtuko mkubwa wa kitaifa.
Baadaye mwaka 1889, viongozi wa vyama vya wafanyakazi walikutana Paris na kuamua kuifanya Mei Mosi kuwa siku rasmi ya mapambano na mshikamano wa wafanyakazi duniani.
Hadi leo, siku hii hutumika kukumbuka historia hiyo na kuendeleza mjadala kuhusu haki za wafanyakazi na mazingira bora ya kazi.
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