#OtD 1 May 1903 the first May Day demonstration took place in the Philippines organised by the country's first labour union which formed the previous year.

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#OtD 1 May 1903 the first May Day demonstration took place in the Philippines organised by the country's first labour union which formed the previous year. In 1908, the government agreed to designate 1 May as Labour day, an official national holiday https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/the-incomplete-true-authentic-and-wonderful-history-of-may-day-peter-linebaugh