May Day was first celebrated in the U.S. when, in 1886, 300,000 workers walked off their jobs to demand an eight hour workday.You may not know that because while many countries officially recognize the holiday, and almost all countries celebrate it, the U.S. spends May first celebrating Loyalty Day, and National Day of Prayer. Church State non-separation and blind patriotism are a lot more palatable than workers’ rights, humane working conditions, an eight hour work day and other radical notions.
So I say, viewers of the world, UNITE! Celebrate May Day by watching great movies about the workers’ movement. Here are the top 10 May Day movies.

1. Bread and Roses (2000) directed by Ken Loach and starring Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee, is the story about an undocumented woman from Mexico who becomes involved in a campaign to unionize the janitors in a sleek Los Angeles high-rise.

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The strike is settled and the writers are back at work today! Celebrate their return with these top 10 movies about screenwriting characters, courtesy of EW.com. Visit the Writers Guild website to learn more about the vote to lift their 100-day strike, which began on Novermber 5, 2007.
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1) THE WRITER: Mel Miller
PLAYED BY: Walter Matthau
IN: A Face in the Crowd (1957)

2) THE WRITER: Alfred Miller
PLAYED BY: Michael Murphy
IN: The Front (1976)

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3) THE WRITER: Dixon Steele
PLAYED BY: Humphrey Bogart
IN: In a Lonely Place (1950)

4) THE WRITER: Jerry Stahl
PLAYED BY: Ben Stiller
IN: Permanent Midnight (1980)

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