Labor Day in Portugal

 
1st May in the city of PortoI Portugal, only from May 1974 (the year of the revolution of April 25) is that it has freely celebrate May Day and it became a holiday. During the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, the commemoration of this day was repressed by the police. The Workers’ Day is celebrated throughout the country, especially with demonstrations, rallies and parties of the claim, promoted by the central Inter-union CGTP (General Confederation of Portuguese Workers – Inter) in major cities of Lisbon and Porto, as well as central trade union UGT (General Union of Workers). In the Algarve, it is customary to make the people pic-nics and some festivals are organized in the region.

Labor Day in Brazil

Until the beginning of the Vargas Era (1930-1945) college of certain types of manufacturing workers were quite common, but not a very strong group, given the low industrialization of the country. This worker had been handling it at first characterized by having the influences of later anarchism and communism, but with the arrival of Getúlio Vargas to power, it was gradually dissolved and the urban workers began to be influenced by what was known as duty.

Until then, Labor Day was considered by those earlier movements (anarchists and communists) as a time of protest and critical socio-economic structures of the country. The propaganda of labor Vargas, subtly, turns a day to celebrate the worker at Labor Day. This change, apparently superficial has altered the activities performed by workers every year, on this day. Until then marked by pickets and marches, the Labor Day is now celebrated in popular festivals, parades and celebrations like. Actually, it was understood even by the trade union movement: traditionally the Force Association (an organization that brings together trade unions from different areas, linked to parties such as the PTB performs concerts with big names in popular music and raffles from home.

Indicates that the massive character of Labor Day in Brazil, especially if expressed by the custom that the government has announced today the annual increase in the minimum wage.