Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first Monday in May each year, but not the United States and Canada. Instead, Americans and Canadians have celebrated Labor Day as ...

America’s Labor Day celebration in September stands as one of the most politically motivated holiday decisions in the nation’s history, rooted in a deliberate effort to distance the United States from ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In much of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the event commonly called May Day ...