Dhaka, May 1 -- This year, the great May Day is being observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the world with a renewed pledge to build an exploitation-free society and uphold the rights of working class people.
On this day 138 years ago, in 1886, workers in the Hay Market in Chicago, USA called for a strike demanding various demands, including eight hours of work, improved working conditions and wage increases. The aggrieved workers took to the streets that day to realize their demands. The workers' protest was suppressed in a very brutal manner.
And the workers had to sacrifice their lives in police firing. The whole world became vocal at that incident. Ultimately the rights of the working people were established due to the sacrifice ...