ONCE a year, the people who clean the streets, send the letters, patrol the streets, put out the fires and manage the city in the Bangsar Baru area are treated to a special lunch in honour of Labour Day.
The idea of a day off in honour of workers, was mooted from as far back as the 1880s in the US and Canada, which was also a time when trade unions became more prominent.
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