Labour Day

noun

, British.

a holiday in honor of labor, celebrated on May 1 in Britain and some parts of the Commonwealth, but on the first Monday in September in Canada, on the fourth Monday in October in New Zealand, and with varying dates in the different states of Australia.

Labour Day

a public holiday in many countries in honour of labour, usually held on May 1 See also Labor Day

Therefore the different industrial working-times must be reduced to a mean social working time: the normal time labour-day.

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