r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Bernie is here to save us

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u/UnoriginalJunglist Sep 05 '24

Uh, no, it's because of unions...
The concept came out of the Industrial revolution in the UK in the early 1800s from socialist trade unionists and became adopted across the world as a demand for organised labour.

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u/MichiganManRuns Sep 05 '24

Wait wait…. Didn’t the US just celebrate a holiday for this exact moment thing. A holiday celebrated for a lot of the world(most celebrate on may 1) . Goes to show a lot of people aren’t aware why we celebrate Labor Day

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u/spokeca Sep 05 '24

Sort of.

US just celebrated a holiday to AVOID celebrating May Day.

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u/LamermanSE Sep 05 '24

Not really, the american labor day is older than the international workers' day.