The holiday of Wednesday, May 1, which commemorates Worker’s Day, is considered immovable in the national calendar of Argentina. This means that it is not moved to create long weekends or for tourist reasons.
In the case of the province of Chubut there will be a holiday the day before May 1, that is, Tuesday, April 30, so many will be able to enjoy two days of rest in the middle of the week.
In this way, personnel working in the provincial public administration will have Tuesday, April 30 and Wednesday, May 1 off, while the rest will be able to rest on Labor Day.
Every April 30, the province of Chubut commemorates the anniversary of the 1902 Plebiscite in the Valle 16 de Octubre where its inhabitants, Welsh immigrants, defined by vote the dispute between Chile and Argentina over the lands that were finally delimited as Argentine territory.
The Boundary Treaty of 1881 established the watersheds as dividers; but there was an area in which the high peaks are on one side and the watershed on the other. Hence the discussion about who owned these lands.
The person in charge of carrying out the plebiscite was Thomas Holdich, as representative of the United Kingdom, designated as the arbitrator country. Although Chile offered a league of land per family, the settlers chose Argentina. Historians say that it was partly due to the National State’s good reception of the Welsh.
That April 30, the Trevelin plebiscite determined Argentine sovereignty over mountainous lands claimed by Chile.
Why Labor Day is celebrated and May 1 is a holiday
The history that gave rise to International Workers’ Day dates back to 1886, when a series of massive strikes demanding eight-hour work days were felt throughout the United States.
For four days, around half a million people protested at more than 5,000 strike points. The closing of the demonstrations was on May 4, when there was savage repression by the Police: that was the Haymarket Revolt.
Three years later, at a Congress in Paris where the Second International was held – a labor organization made up of socialist and labor parties – May 1 was established as International Workers’ Day.
Holidays 2024: immovable and transferable calendar
Immovable holidays
May 1: Labor Day.
May 25: May Revolution Day.
June 20: Passage to Immortality of General Don Manuel Belgrano.
July 9: Independence Day.
December 8: Day of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
25th December, Christmas.
Transferable holidays
June 17: Passage to Immortality of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes.
August 17: Passage to Immortality of General Don José de San Martín.
October 12: Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity.
November 20: National Sovereignty Day.
