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International Labour Day 2025: Honoring Workers' Rights and Global Challenges

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International Labour Day 2025: Honoring Workers' Rights and Global Challenges

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EventInternational Labour Day 2025
Date1st May 2025
PurposeRecognizes and honors workers' contributions, emphasizes workers' rights, fair labor practices.
Historical BackgroundOriginated from 19th-century labour movement in the US; Haymarket Affair (1886).
Labour Day in IndiaFirst celebrated in 1923 in Chennai by Comrade Singaravelu Chettiar; coincides with Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day.
Interesting FactsObserved on 1st May in over 80 countries; Canada's first Labour Day in 1872.
India's Labour CodesCode on Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Social Security Code (2020), Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (2020).
Constitutional ProvisionsArticle 23 & 24 (prohibit forced and child labor), Article 39 (equal pay for equal work), Article 41 & 43 (right to work, secure employment, living wage).
India's Ratified ILO ConventionsConvention 138 (Minimum Age), Convention 182 (Worst Forms of Child Labour).
Key Labour Rights in IndiaFair wages, safe working conditions, trade unions, social security benefits, protection against discrimination.
Government Initiativese-Shram Portal, PM Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana, MGNREGA, National Career Service (NCS).
Significance of Labour Day 2025Reinforces workers' rights, celebrates past achievements, global solidarity, highlights new challenges like automation and gig economy, encourages labor reforms.

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