Usuku labasebenzi
I-May Day, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-International Labor Day, iwusuku olubaluleke kakhulu nolubalulekile ngokomlando. Lolu suku lugujwa minyaka yonke ngoMeyi 1, isikhathi sokuhlonipha amagalelo kanye nempumelelo yabasebenzi emhlabeni jikelele. Umsuka we-May Day uhlehlela emuva ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, lapho izinhlangano zabasebenzi e-United States naseYurophu zazilwela izimo zokusebenza ezingcono kanye namaholo afanelekile.
Umlando weMay Day ugxile emzabalazweni wamalungelo abasebenzi kanye nokulwela usuku lokusebenza lwamahora ayisishiyagalombili. Ngo-1886, kwaqubuka isiteleka esivamile e-United States, esasifuna usuku lomsebenzi lwamahora angu-8. NgoMeyi 1, izinkulungwane zezisebenzi zangena emigwaqweni emadolobheni ezweni lonke. Lo mcimbi, owaziwa nge-Haymarket, uphawule inguquko embuthweni wabasebenzi futhi wabeka inkundla yokusungulwa kweMay Day njengosuku lokubumbana nokubhikisha.
Namuhla, iMay Day igujwa emazweni amaningi ngamamashi, imibuthano, nemibhikisho yokulwela amalungelo abasebenzi kanye nobulungiswa bezenhlalo. Kusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokulwa okuqhubekayo kwezinqubo zabasebenzi ezinobulungisa kanye nesidingo sokubhekana nezindaba ezinjengokungalingani kweholo, ukuphepha emsebenzini kanye nokuphepha kwemisebenzi. Yisikhathi futhi sokuhlonipha amagalelo abasebenzi kuzo zonke izimboni futhi sibabonge ngokusebenza kwabo ngokuzikhandla nokuzinikela kwabo.
Ngaphezu kokubaluleka kwalo ngokomlando, iMay Day iphinde ibe wusuku lokubungaza amasiko emazweni amaningi. Kwezinye izindawo kuphawulwa ngomdanso wesintu, umculo nemigubho ekhombisa ukwehlukana nobumbano lwesigaba sabasebenzi. Manje yisikhathi sokuthi imiphakathi ihlangane futhi ivuselele ukuzibophezela kwayo emigomeni yobumbano nokulingana.
Njengoba sigubha uSuku lweNhlaba, kubalulekile ukuthi sicabange ngenqubekelaphambili eseyenziwe ekuthuthukiseni amalungelo abasebenzi, sibe sibonga nezinselelo ezisasele. I-May Day iyisikhumbuzo somzabalazo oqhubekayo wobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle nezomnotho kanye nesidingo sokuqhubeka nokumela nokwenza okuthile. Lolu suku lunikezelwe ukuhlonipha izimpumelelo zesikhathi esidlule zenhlangano yezabasebenzi kanye nesinyathelo esikhuthazayo sokudala ikusasa elinobulungiswa nelinokulingana kubo bonke abasebenzi.
