Labour Day   1^st May 2025 showing International Solidarity with Labors, not to just support the workers’ rights with legal support to fair pay, but ensuring safe working condition treating with respect.

Democracy grows stronger as businesses expand, and society becomes more equitable when workers have the ability to better their own lives. NGOs assist workers in making their rights a reality in addition to advocating for them. They give employees the tools, training, and legal assistance they need to demand safe working conditions, fair compensation, and respectful treatment. 

How Islam Protects the Rights of labor

To work, while trusting in Allah, to better one’s condition, is an Islamic principle, and may even be considered an act of worship according to some hadith. Thus, it follows that justice towards the worker- one’s employee or laborer, is a fardh (obligation) upon every Muslim.

Islam mandates that workers must be paid fairly and promptly. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said:

This hadith emphasizes timely and just payment, discouraging exploitation or delayed compensation.

The Prophet ﷺ said:

What is Labor Day? Why we celebrate it?

This is a moment to acknowledge the accomplishments and challenges of the labor movement in promoting fair pay, safe workplaces, and the rights of workers. Labor Day is a holiday in the United States and Canada dedicated to recognizing workers and their contributions to society. The holiday is celebrated on the first Monday of September. However, the United States observed its first Labor Day on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City.

Nationwide Holiday

 Common pattern for the celebration of holiday is observed with parades and parties – a street parade to exhibit "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families.

Where the idea of Labor Day does came from?

The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America's strength, prosperity, and well-being.

History of Labor Day

New York was the first state to introduce a bill, but Oregon was the first to pass a law recognizing Labor Day, on February 21, 1887. During 1887, four more states – Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York – passed laws creating a Labor Day holiday. But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that machinist Matthew Maguire, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday.

When was 1st Labor Day Celebrated?

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

Labor Day in Pakistan

This year, Thursday 1st May 2025, Labor day will be observed by rallies, marches, processions, labor/worker union sessions and organized street demonstrations. There is a public holiday in Pakistan on May 1. All government and non-government organizations, factories and educational institutions remain closed. Public transport may be less frequent on certain routes.

Labor Laws and Wage Regulations

General employee rights facilitates worker on time payments and prohibits unauthorized deductions, to be provided with appropriate resources and equipment, to have safe working conditions, to receive the agreed remuneration on the agreed date and time.

Labor Law in Pakistan

Labor law in Pakistan is broad and contains several ordinances, acts, rules and regulations and all other statutes relating to industrial, commercial and labor establishments.

Pakistan’s first labor policy was devised in 1972, in which May 1 was declared an official holiday.

Minimum Wage: The government sets a minimum wage applicable to all workers, ensuring they receive fair compensation for their labor. Payment of Wages: Wages must be paid regularly and on time, typically monthly. The Payment of Wages Act regulates these payments and prohibits unauthorized deductions.  Workers organized strikes and unions to demand fair wages. This legacy reminds us that fair compensation isn’t automatic; it often results from collective bargaining and continued advocacy. Today’s conversations around living wages, pay equity, and minimum wage hikes are a continuation of those early struggles.

What’s the biggest problem in employee relations today?

The field of employee relations can provide a variety of difficulties.  Three of these issues—performance management, pay disputes, and workplace discrimination—stand out as being especially difficult and complicated for HR practitioners to resolve.

What Labor Day Teaches Us About Fair Pay and Respect

Respect goes beyond politeness—it means being treated with dignity, and having a voice in decisions that affect one’s livelihood. The labor movement helped establish the idea that every worker, no matter their job, deserves to be heard and valued.  

This isn’t charity – it’s a fight for fairness, and the stakes are real

Trade unionists suffer death as well as violence and crackdowns. Legal aid is denied to working people, unions, and war zone veterans. Millions are left without hard-won labor protections to protect their rights. Working people, unions, and war zone veterans lose access to legal aid. Millions are left without hard-won labor protections to defend their rights. The mission of solidarity to workers is to stand with workers in the toughest conditions. Funding does not drive this, our mission does. And we won’t back down.