[news] Immigrants and the origins of May Day

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By Stephen Millies | Apr 27, 2006 | Workers World

May Day is the international holiday of the working class. It’s a public holiday in 110 countries, according to the website of the Nigerian Labor Congress.

Most workers get the day off in South Africa, Nigeria, Mexico, Malaysia, Italy, Haiti, Germany, France, Egypt, Cuba, China, Brazil, North Korea, Bangladesh, Belgium and Argentina—and many other countries. But not in the United States, where May Day was born 120 years ago.

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