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In its Act No. 345, the Philippine Commission designated “the first day of January, the 22nd of February, Thursday and Friday of what is commonly called Holy Week, the fourth of July, the 13th of August, Thanksgiving Day, the 25th of December and the 30th of December” as public holidays.
The book “History of the Philippines Labor Movement” recounts that aside from the workers in the printing presses, those who joined UOD were workers in the cigarette factories, tailors, shoemakers, carpenters, sculptors, and even barbers. The number of UOD member-unions rose from 33 to 150, and its mass membership reached 20,000 in Manila and the suburbs.
But on April 29, 1908, the Philippine Assembly passed Act No. 1818 proclaiming May 1 as a public holiday. In just five years, one of UODF’s dreams and demands had been attained. We could thus consider our Labor Day as arguably the first public holiday collectively fought for and won by Filipinos themselves.
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