Labour Day cel­e­bra­tions have kicked off with the wreath-lay­ing cer­e­mo­ny at the Fyz­abad gravesite of union pi­o­neer Tubal Uri­ah "Buzz" But­ler.

In­stead of speech­es by trade union lead­ers as done in pre­vi­ous years, a mi­ni prayer and thanks­giv­ing ser­vice were held at the gravesite at Apex Ceme­tery.

Lead­ers and mem­bers sang sev­er­al union songs as they ho­n­oured But­ler for the rev­o­lu­tion­ary move­ment in the 1930s that gave birth to the trade union move­ment.

They al­so did a wreath-lay­ing cer­e­mo­ny at the site along South­ern Main Road where the po­lice killed a man named La Brea Charles af­ter they mis­tak­en­ly took him for But­ler.

Fol­low­ing this, the tra­di­tion­al march will com­mence from Av­o­cat Junc­tion to Char­lie King Junc­tion where speech­es will be de­liv­ered by Joint Trade Union Move­ment (JTUM) pres­i­dent An­cel Ro­get, PSA pres­i­dent Leroy Bap­tiste and NATUC gen­er­al sec­re­tary, Michael An­nisette.

This year the cel­e­bra­tions are held un­der the theme "Peo­ple Pow­er, Peo­ple Mat­ter".