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Slovenia needs to respect, reward hard-working people: PM

Xinhua, May 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar on Friday called for the building of stronger "labor culture" in the country, saying that "honorable and valuable work is the foremost."

Honest and hard work need to be seen as a fundamental value while good workers respected and awarded appropriately, Cerar said in a written message to mark May 1 International Labor Day.

Vowing to create new jobs to improve workers' lives, he said the government would strive to push for national development, economic growth and quality jobs.

Slovenian workers have so far carried the brunt of the economic crisis burden, and that it is time for change, sources of trade unions said.

Labor Day is a celebration of laborers and the working classes which origniated from the 1886 protests when American workers demanded 8-hour work days in Chicago.

May 1 was proclaimed a national bank holiday in Slovenia in 1948, but unofficial celebrations had already been organized prior to that year.

Currently, May 1 International Labor Day is observed in more than 80 countries worldwide, including China. Endit