5,000 Labour March

5000 Labour March 

The Nassau Herald 
Saturday May 31st, 1958 

If you are in the field, at the desk or in the factory on the 6th  June and feel a tremour in the earth's surface, then you will  know that the over 5,000 strong Federation of Labour is on  the march. 

There will be two bands in attendance during the parade and  there will be such international personalities as Ken Sterling,  Executive Secretary of CADORIT of the ICFTU, Jim Bury  representing the AFL-CIO, Nicholas Zonarich of the United  Steel Workers of America and Jim O'Hara, Secretary of the  New York Hotel Trades Council. 

Flags and banners representing every trade and Island in the  Bahamas will be in abundance to herald a new day in  mankind's struggle for bread, peace and freedom. 

The ceremonies will begin at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday the 5th of  June with a convention at the Federation Hall. 

At 6 a.m. on Friday, 6 of June, special Labour Day religious  services will be conducted through the courtesy of the  Episcopal, Roman Catholic, Baptist and other denominations  in the Bahamas.

At 9.30 a.m. there will be tours of the Labour Department,  Public Treasury and the Post Office through the courtesy of  the Colonial Secretary and the heads of the Departments. At 3.30 p.m. there will be a meeting at the Southern  Recreation Grounds at which His Excellency the Governor will  deliver the Labour Day message. 

The festivities will be climaxed by a dance at the Cat and  Fiddle on Friday night. 

To commemorate the occasion the Federation is printing over  5,000 copies of 'The Workers' Voice.