context: Labor Day was born from a series of struggles of the working class to gain economic-political control over industrial rights. The development of industrial capitalism in the early 19th century marked a drastic change in the political economy, especially in capitalist countries in Western Europe and the United States. Tightening of discipline and intensifying working hours, minimum wages, and poor working conditions at the factory level, gave rise to resistance from the working class.
question: when was May Day first performed?
answers.text: 19th century