The BN government has failed to educate the rakyat on the true significance of Labour Day, instead treating it as a regular public holiday, said several prominent Pakatan Harapan figures.

In a joint statement released by PKR Kuala Langat MP Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid, Amanah Youth deputy chief Faiz Fadzil and DAP Klang MP Charles Santiago, they pointed out that May 1 is a day workers remember the Chicago Haymarket Affair in 1886.

"Unfortunately, in Malaysia, the BN federal government did not educate the people on this incident.

"The people have been asked to think of May 1st as a public holiday, or even a day to bond between workers and their employers through activities," they said in the statement today...