Labour day

 Labour Day.

Labour Day is a public holiday that is celebrated on the 23 October. It was first issued in 1840. Labour day was just an eight hour working day until 1890 where it was made a public holiday. The right was won by a carpenter named Samuel Parnell. People us to fight for an eight hour working day because it was unfair to work 24 hours for the minimum wage of $7.00.

1890's maritime strikes Lined up along the wharf to prevent cargo being loaded or unloaded, striking water sides picket the Auckland waterfront during the 1890 maritime strike, the country’s first big nationwide industrial dispute. Together with seafarers and miners the harbours was the Australian counterpart who had gone on strike for the right for the unions. The Union Steam Ship Company, employed strike-breakers to load its ships in Australia. It was also the first Labour Day holiday and had several thousand trade union members and supporters attending the parades. it was a big susses. It was the first public holiday of NZ that was not associated with the UK. But then disaster struck as the Union was being taking down. But the Union was slowly reformed under the lead of the Liberal government.

Despite the liberal government's peacemaking efforts not all jobs were able to have the day off. But 1910 was the year the liberal government had made it a labour day for all business (Not including the emergency serves.)And is now on the 4 Monday of October. ☺