As we all know, on May 1, 1995, the mainland began to implement a new welfare system, that is, the two-day off system.
This new system not only challenges working hours, but also attacks people's minds.
Although there are still some blank areas and areas in the current implementation of the two-day holiday system, these may be changed in the face of the general trend.
As for the origin of the two-day holiday system, there have always been three uncertain statements that stir people's nerves.
In the international community, there has always been a codified regulation on working hours.
The United States has always led the world in this regard, and on May 1, 1886, the strike action carried out by various organizations in the United States made capitalism and the capitalists reconsider the working hours of workers.
On this day in the United States, more than 20,000 small and medium-sized factories in the United States, a total of 350,000 workers, held up propaganda slogans and took to the streets to demand a reform of working hours.
In Chicago in particular, workers' revolts intensified, with 45,000 people gathered in the city center alone.
Such a powerful and long-lasting revolt naturally ended in the victory of the workers.
The eight-hour working day system was finally established from this day.
Although capitalism is evil, the 8 hours are indeed implemented from the beginning of capitalism.
It is precisely because of this proud achievement of the world's struggle that Labour Day was created to commemorate the great victory of the world workers' struggle.
In addition, trade unions were formed with the active efforts of the workers, and they were truly organizations aimed at safeguarding the interests of the workers.
Of course, although the 8 hours a day have been earned, there has always been a blind spot regarding the number of working days per week.
The capitalists still enforce a daily work week, with the result that the workers are still struggling on the line of misery.
Things finally took a turn when Roosevelt was in charge of the United States.
Most of the world's capitalist countries have enshrined the eight-hour working day in detail in their own laws.
The United States seems to be one step ahead in this regard.
Because on June 25 of that year, a new law quietly landed in the United States, and its appearance marked another major change in the labor system.
This law is known as the Fair Labor Standards Act.
And in this law that has triggered the world's labor pattern, the Americans have made a number of breakthroughs.
First of all, there are new regulations on the number of days per week.
In the law, the United States has made transitional provisions that stipulate that American workers will work 44 hours per week during their first year of employment.
By the second year, the 44-hour time had been cut to 42 hours.
From the 3rd year onwards, this time is permanently fixed at 40 hours per week.
In addition to the change in timing, Americans have set a minimum hourly wage for work.
Under the American system, American workers are paid a minimum of 40 cents per hour worked.
In addition to these, the United States prohibits the employment of children under the age of 16 in all jobs and industries.
Judging from the historical trajectory, this system of the Americans is basically more than 50 years ahead of the mainland.
In 1949, the People's Republic of China formulated an 8-hour to 10-hour working system in the form of legal provisions.
In January 1994, an eight-hour workday was attempted, but at this time the weekly working week was limited to 44 hours.
The largest labor union in the United States, the Confederation of Labor
It was not until July 5 that the eight-hour working day was confirmed in the Labor Code.
On February 17 of the second year, a new leap was made, and that was the 40-hour weekly working mechanism.
In addition, in the labor law, it is detailed that double wages must be paid after more than 8 hours.
If you work on holidays, you will need to pay 3 times your salary.
However, at this time, the regulations on the two-week holiday system have not yet been made.
It was not until May 1, 1995 that the two-day holiday system was officially implemented in China.
Returning to the three rumors mentioned above, the first is that the United States forced China to reform its work system before joining the WTO, hence the two-day holiday system.
On the other hand, in the cotton mills of the United States, in order to comprehensively consider the needs of Jewish Saturday and Christian Sunday for religious services, the decision to have a six-day holiday was made, and this decision quickly became a storm around the world.
Similarly, it has had a certain impact on China.
The last one is related to the State Science and Technology Commission.
Because, in 1979, when the State Science and Technology Commission was working in the United Nations, it found that every Saturday and Sunday, the United Nations would stop working, and their two-day holiday system seemed to be implemented more resolutely and for a long time.
When the news came back to China, the State Science and Technology Commission also made a bold attempt, and then led the pace of reform in China.
Considering the above three rumors, the credibility of the rumors is naturally questioned.
But in any case, the two-day holiday system has been established and implemented in China.
However, the resoluteness of implementation needs to be strengthened.