Labour Day (Workers' Day in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has begun in the trade union movement, especially the eight-hour-day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for entertainment and eight hours for rest. For most countries, Labour Day is associated with, or associated with, International Workers' Day, which takes place on May 1. For other countries, Labour Day is celebrated on a different date, often of special importance to the labour movement in that country. Labour Day is a public holiday in many countries.

Labour Day in Australia is a public holiday that varies between states and regions. This is the first Monday in October in the Australian capital region, New South Wales and South Australia. In Victoria and Tasmania, this is the second Monday in March (although the latter call it an eight-hour day). In Western Australia, Workers' Day takes place the first Monday in March. In Queensland and the Northern Region, Labour Day takes place on the first Monday in May (although the latter call it May Day). [1] It is on the fourth Monday of March in the area of Christmas Island.

On this day for eight hours by the labour movement in Melbourne on April 21, 1856, stonepelters and construction workers stopped work from melbourne university to Parliament House to achieve eight hours' day at construction sites around Melbourne and marched. His direct action was successful to resist, and with the loss of pay to him, 8 hours a day is known as one of the world's first organized workers to achieve.

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