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, 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.

What springs to mind when you hear May Day? In the U.S. and abroad, the day has grown to encompass a spectrum of meanings. But the themes have remained the same: worker unity, suppression and rebirth.

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 has origins stretching back to the Middle Ages and the holiday is one of four annual cross-quarter days in the pagan calendar, marking the midpoints between solstices and equinoxes.

May Day— May 1— is a spring festival in many parts of the world. It is also International Workers' Day. So depending on your neighborhood, expect to see children dancing around a maypole.

May Day has origins stretching back to the Middle Ages and the holiday is one of four annual cross-quarter days in the pagan calendar, marking the midpoints between solstices and equinoxes.

May Day is often associated with the early May bank holiday, which falls on the first Monday of the month each year. But not this year, as the early May bank holiday falls on Monday May 6.

May Day is also a labor holiday in many areas of the world, and that part of its history is a thornier story. May Day has shared a date with International Workers’ Day since the 1880s. At the ...

May Day rallies are also expected nationally in places including Washington, D.C., and in Michigan, such events are scheduled for both May 1 and May 3 in cities including Ann Arbor, ...

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.