Iki Taba
New member
The first of May (worker day) is a great day. It`s a great cause behind it.May Day in Europe is so much different from our Labor Day in the states, it's Monday, September 1, 2014 in the states.
A couple of years back, I was in France for May Day and I wore one of my IBEW Union T-shirts to a couple of the rallies and I was bombarded with questions about labor unions in the states. There's a real feeling of solidarity in Europe on May Day. We made friends with a lot of other working folks that we still stay in touch with.
Unfortunately it`s also a date where mostly younger people protest against rising of unemployment (among other problems) which is understandable. The problem is it gets often violent, but that's a another story.
But the majority of people enjoy it with there family and friends peacefully.