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| Banners at Chesterfield May Day rally. |
Commenting on government proposals published today (Thursday) to move May Day from May to October, Midlands TUC Regional Secretary Cheryl Pidgeon said: “From trade unionists and holidaymakers to Morris dancers and horticulturists, British people have been celebrating May Day for centuries. “It makes no sense to mess around with an established bank holiday that workers and businesses have built their schedules around. “Rather than shifting the deck chairs, the government should instead end the UK’s embarrassing honour of having the fewest public holidays in Europe. “A new bank holiday in late October – focused on community work and volunteering – would give the country a huge boost and help break the four month slog between the August and Christmas breaks.”
The TUC is encouraging people who want to keep May Day to register their comments at the government’s consultation webpage – www.culture.gov.uk/consultations/8068.aspx – and to join the debate on twitter with the hastags #keepmayday and #bankhol.
The economic case for a new bank holiday is made in the TUC report Why the UK can afford a Community Day, available at www.tuc.org.uk/extras/bankholidaybusinesscase.pdf
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