May Day Assignment

Looking through some of my older posts, I saw before that for the holiday analysis assignment, I focused on Labor Day. So when we learned about May Day in class, I had a vague recollection of the events involved in the making of it as well as knowledge of the fact that it was moved to the first monday in september. Now, without knowing that there had been civilian casualties during the protests for a shorter workday, I might not have cared too much that our day off in May was moved to september. Looking at it that way, it's just splitting hairs to argue that it should rightfully be on May 1st. However, considering the fact that this was a goal fought tooth and nail for by the labor unions of america, by the hard working men and women of the country, I can see the outrage at the fact that the government brushed it aside to appease us. The fact that every other country in the world recognises may day as a holiday shows how the US government mocks the people and takes away the fight from them. May day is not a holiday focused on by the media nor is it truly taught in schools. However, labor day becomes a huge corporate pinata where people flock to sales at their favorite retail outlet. At a certain point, the american people need to take the fight back to the government. The question is why haven't we already?