AMTUC to observe May Day
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 28 2022:
All Manipur Trade Unions' Council (AMTUC) will observe 'May Day' at Manipur State Pharmacy Council conference hall, which is located at the premises of Medical Directorate at 11 AM on May 1.In a release, AMTUC appealed to government employees and labourers affiliated to the Union to attend the function on time.
While informing that that the Council has been observing May Day since 1974 by forming observance committees comprising representatives of trade unions and employees of government departments, the release recounted that in the state the observance began in 1959 under the initiative of Manipur Secretariat Service Association.
Moreover, in India, an organisation named- Labour Commission Party of Hindustan first observed the Day in 1923 in erstwhile Madrasa (present-day Chennai) supporting the Labour movement.