History
Labour Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievement of workers.
The celebration of Labour Day has its origins in the eight hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. On 21 April 1856 Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne, Australia, stopped work and marched from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to archive an eight hour day. Their direct action protest was a success, and they are noted as the first organized workers in the world to archive an eight hour day with no loss of pay, which subsequently inspired the celebration of Labour Day and May Day.
Malaysia
- the Malaysia Employment Act 1955 stated that workers should never be allowed to work more than 8 hours without a break in between. So, don’t work too late 
- For unemployment rate, Malaysia is in ranking 31 among the world with 3.1% of umployment rate. Source from The World Factbook.
5 responses so far ↓
michael // May 1, 2008 at 6:11 pm
wa… ah hooi is so resourceful… thanks ah hooi, but i have worked since morning….shit… i betayed the holiday…
gnap // May 1, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Poor Mike. Happy Labouring day, then…
Eventho i not in ofis, but still work like dog at home.
taisuan // May 1, 2008 at 9:56 pm
sigh…. today i work 12 hours… on labour day. tired, exhausted…
fleaman // May 1, 2008 at 10:45 pm
metal… u plagiarize ! suck man! got to be original a bit la…
Metal // May 2, 2008 at 2:33 am
sure lah…u thought i know labour history meh…
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