Last Monday was a Bank Holiday in England. Today is Labour Day in Canada.
From Wiki: Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. The majority of countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1, and it is popularly known as May Day and "International Workers' Day", while some celebrate on the first Monday of September.
It's always been a puzzle to me that a right wing country like the USA has Labor Day while the UK, with a far greater tradition of a labour union movement, has a Bank Holiday instead.
There's the USA where employers routinely sack employees for joining a union and where Ronald Reagan had air traffic control staff taken away in chains for going on strike and they're observing this 'union' day. Bizarre.
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