May Day happens every May 1 to commemorate labor activists in Chicago. More than 100 years ago they went on strike again, 16-hour workdays in was later became known as the Haymarket Riots.

Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first Monday in May each year, but not the United ...

May 1 is International Workers Day, a global holiday with roots in Chicago. It’s a traditional day for demonstrations, but this year’s activities carried an extra fervor because of Trump’s ...

FILE - Participants in an immigration rights rally walk under a giant American flag during a march through downtown Chicago, May 1, 2006. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) CHICAGO (AP) — From worker ...

May 4, 1886, remains the most devastating day in the history of the Chicago Police Department, and is commemorated with a statue that stands outside Chicago Public Safety Headquarters, 3510 S ...

"This is an event that still has resonance today." It started with a demonstration for an eight-hour day at a McCormick reaper plant on Chicago's Southwest side on May 3, 1886.

Three-year-old Itze takes a nap in a wagon as his mom joins thousands to march from Union Park to Grant Park in downtown Chicago to commemorate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day ...

1975: Illinois Gov. Dan Walker signed a bill proposed by third graders at Dennis School in Decatur that made the monarch ...