May Day, or Beltane, is a Gaelic and Celtic festival dating back to the Middle Ages. The festival honors the start of summer, as spring is halfway over.

May Day, celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day, occurs on May 1 each year. Protesters used the labor holiday to decry what they view as attacks on the working class and ...

May Day, also called Beltane, is not formally acknowledged as a holiday in the U.S., but many choose to take part in events or celebrations.

May Day parades and marches were common in the early decades of the 20th century, in cities like Seattle and Tacoma, where there were a lot of unions. “In the state of Washington, ...

In some countries, May Day is a public holiday for workers, including France, Kenya and China, where it lasts five days. In Russia, Communist-led May Day celebrations were once massive affairs.

Depending on where you live, May Day is either an ancient European spring festival or a day of support for immigrants and workers’ rights. In most nations, May 1 is an official public holiday ...

May Day — or International Workers' Day — started in America. Here's the full history The holiday commemorates labor activists' decades-long struggle to establishing the eight-hour workday.

Despite dreary weather, a few hundred Ames residents recently gathered at Bandshell Park for a May Day rally. A coalition of local organizations hosted a demonstration for three hours on Thursday, May ...

Citizens are once again taking to the streets this week in New Jersey and across the nation for May Day Strong protests, decrying what they call corrupt, lawless and predatory politics from President ...

May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during a “Fighting ...

May Day, also called Beltane, is not formally acknowledged as a holiday in the U.S., but many choose to take part in events or celebrations.