Labor Day in Mexico: What to expect

On May 1, Mexico celebrates Labor Day, or as locals call it, Thea Del Tropajo. It should not be confused with Sincho de Mayo, which is also in May, and you may know that it includes American beer ads and confused Americans in sloses. May 1 is the day when Mexico is on the day of their hands, back and often without thanksgiving. Plumbers. Bus drivers. Street cleansers. The teachers who still show their schools although there are no lime.

This is, in essence, the holiday for the lower evaluation. So, of course, most of them do not receive day holidays.

A brief, bloody background

Dia Dell Dropajo is part of the International Labor Movement. This is not a Mexican invention. Like many good and terrible things on this continent, it started in the United States. In Chicago, in 1886, during a quiet struggle for the eight -hour work day, someone threw a bomb, the police opened fire, and everything went to hell. This was known as the Hemarket affair.

The US eventually smashed it under the carpet, which makes most labor unrest. But other countries were remembered. Including Mexico. So now, every May 1, the Mexico workers and justice, march.

What to expect in Mexico on May 1

If you are an audience, we are an English speaker who is trying to feel this pretty mess that we call Mexico, and you have to know here:

• This is a federal holiday. That means most government offices are closed. Banks? Closed. Post offices? Don’t try. If you need something about paperwork, avoid 1 like a tax season.
• Schools are closed. Children are happy. Teachers still check their emails.
• Many businesses are closed. Especially formal. Immortal – taco stands, tanguis stalls, corner shops – may be more open. Because not everyone can buy a day holiday to celebrate the idea of ​​the holidays.
• Paradees and demonstrations occur in most cities. These are from peaceful meetings to loud and colorful demonstrations. This is democracy in the feet. Don’t go on the way. Bring water, not ideas.
• Traffic may be a mess. Or not. It’s like flipping a coin blindly. In which way, if you are driving in Mexico, you are already extinct.

Without the day of labor

Many visitors in Mexico are shouting on a beach, drinking Meskel, and talking about how good the cost of life is. There is a certain cosmic comedy. You don’t have to feel guilty, but you need to know why the guy who created your Margarita is not getting a holiday pay.

The thing is that Mexico is one of the hardest working people in the world. The average worker puts more than 2,200 hours per year more than anyone in -AOCD. Still, they celebrate labor with a march, not with a salary check.

What do you really do

1. Learn something. Read the history of labor in Mexico. Find what to do with the rights of the Mexican Revolution workers. Spoiler: Lots of.
2. Tips Additional. If someone works on Labor Day and you benefit from it, give a bad thing. Show compliments with Pesos, not sites.
3. Consider the parade. Change often begins with a sign, magic and sore couple’s legs.
4. Reflect. If you are lucky enough to relax, think about those who cannot. Not guilty in a manner that makes you human.
   

Astrology

Labor Day is not a party in Mexico. This is a pause. One symbol is, often ignored in practice, but in principle is powerful. People who build the country are the day of the day -that is. Although you do not feel the weight of the cold server in 32 C, you may notice that you can notice a long time scrolling to see the proud hearts of the wearing shoes and the street.

Happy Labor Day. Don’t forget who made your street walked.