五月是一个春意盎然的月份,是一个记载着中外工人阶级争取自身权利、尽显爱国热情的月份,是一个值得我们永远缅怀、纪念的月份。在美国,1886年的5月1日,芝加哥20万工人为改善劳动条件,实行8小时工作制,在英、法等国工人的罢工声援下,终于赢得了8小时工作制的权利。为了纪念这次斗争的胜利,1889年7月,在法国巴黎召开的第二国际成立大会上,5月1日被定为国际劳动节。 May is a spring month, a month keeping track of the patriotic enthusiasm of the working class both at home and abroad. It is a month worth remembering and commemorating forever. In the United States, on May 1, 1886, Chicago’s 200,000 workers finally won the right to an 8-hour working day with the support of workers in Britain, France and other countries in order to improve working conditions and implement an 8-hour working system. In commemoration of the victory of this struggle, in July 1889, at the Second International Establishment Conference in Paris, France, May 1 was designated as International Labor Day.