When is labour day - May Day / Labour Day in 2022

This Labor Day, celebrate the contributions of workers in by! In 1961, proposed the replacement of Empire Day with Labour Day, a celebration in commemoration of 23 May 1938, when led a leading to Jamaican independence.

According to McGuire he further recommended that the event should begin with a street parade as a public demonstration of organized labor's solidarity and strength, with the march followed by a picnic, to which participating local unions could sell tickets as a fundraiser.

It is a day that everyone is given a good chance to celebrate their own efforts.

Bands in colorful uniforms, traditional African performers, and members of various labour unions and political parties are all part of the procession, which ends up at the Southern Recreation Grounds, where government officials make speeches for the occasion.