Kathmandu, Nepal: 128th Labor Day which is also popularly known as International Workers' Day is being marked all over the world including in Nepal with different program today.
The day is marked commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886. Nepal has also given high preference to the day by giving national public holiday.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has given a special message on the eve of the International Workers' Day on Monday. In the message she has expressed confidence that the International Labour Day would unite all the working class people across the country in a thread of unity to collectively raise voice for their rights and freedom.
President Bhandari has also lauded the role of the working class people for their contribution to establish the federal democratic republic in the country. In the message she has also wished that the working class people in the country would be benefitted in the context of constitutionally ensured provision of socialism-oriented economy.
Similarly, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has also extended best wishes to the all Nepali at home and abroad on the occasion of International Workers' Day on Monday.
As Nepal's constitution has defined rights to labor as the fundamental rights and workers have the rights to open a trade union and associate with it for the collective bargaining of their professional rights, , Prime Minister Dahal has stated in a message.
