{"id":13515,"date":"2026-04-30T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=13515"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:59:15","slug":"newsletter-may-the-labour-force-be-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-may-the-labour-force-be-with-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: May the (Labour) Force Be with You"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 600px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;background-color: #ffffff;border-radius: 0px;overflow: hidden\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"width: 100%\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"email-template-preview\" style=\"font-family: 'Inter', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Arial Nova', 'Nimbus Sans', Arial, sans-serif;color: #333333\">\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;border-radius: 0px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h1 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 2rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">May the (Labour) Force Be with You !<\/h1>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">This week, we&#8217;re celebrating May 1st by cheering on <strong>workers of all trades<\/strong>, whose passion and hard work help our communities thrive. Oh, and on May 4th, we also celebrate another special &#8220;Force&#8221;\u00a0\ud83d\ude09\ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">In France, <strong>May 1st<\/strong> (or <strong><em>La F\u00eate du Travail<\/em><\/strong>) comes with a few interesting traditions. First of all, it&#8217;s worth noting that this day is the only <strong>public holiday<\/strong> in France where employers are legally bound to give their workers the day off, with few exceptions (such as hospitals and public transport). It&#8217;s also the day when French people give each other <strong>lily of the valley<\/strong>, as a lovely Spring reminder. And finally, it&#8217;s also an oh-so-French <strong>day of marches and demonstrations<\/strong> organised by trade unions in major cities to defend workers&#8217; rights. And you, what do you do on May 1st?\u00a0\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><em>Alors, sans plus attendre<\/em>, tie your bootstraps and get to work on all the hand-crafted French Kwiziq content we&#8217;ve selected for you!\u00a0\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f\u263a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">Quote me on this!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">French author Marie Le Gall (1955- )<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/04\/nl-quote-marie-le-gill-muguet-280.jpg\" alt=\"Marie Le Gill with lily-in-the-valley\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">May 1st is the <strong><em>jour du muguet<\/em><\/strong> in France, so let&#8217;s start this Newsletter with a sweet quote by French novelist <strong>Marie Le Gill<\/strong> about the lovely lily of the valley\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-style: italic;text-align: left;padding: 12px 12px 12px 12px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><em>&#8220;Le muguet est un mot doux que la nature glisse entre les pages d&#8217;avril et de mai.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">(Lily of the valley is a love letter that nature slips between the pages of April and May.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">A Bit of French with A&amp;C Ep.9: <em>Nos M\u00e9tiers<\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Conversation Podcast &#8211; C1 Level<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/04\/podcast-bit-of-french-9-nos-metiers-pic-square-280.jpg\" alt=\"avatar aurelie and celine in work overalls with pictures of various professions\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">What do you do for a living? In this new episode of our podcast <em><strong>A Bit of French with A&amp;C<\/strong><\/em>, C\u00e9line and I talk about jobs: the ones we dreamed of doing, the one we enjoy currently\u00a0\ud83d\ude09, the ones we wouldn&#8217;t want to do and the ones we would\u00a0\ud83e\udd17 <em>Alors, au travail\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">And remember that these already awesome podcasts also feature 1 <strong>new<\/strong> related fill-in-the-blank exercise \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><em>Bonne \u00e9coute \u00e0 tous !<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-podcast-ep-9-nos-metiers\/\">Nos M\u00e9tiers (A Bit of French with A&amp;C podcast)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 13px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><em>Each new episode comes with related vocabulary, grammar resources and exercises to help you improve your French!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;font-style: italic;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">La F\u00eate du Travail du premier mai en France<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Video with its Bilingual Transcript &#8211; C1 Level<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"\/learn\/reading\/la-fete-du-travail-du-premier-mai-en-france\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/04\/vidreader-fete-du-travail-premier-mai-300.jpg\" alt=\"poster for Labour Day in France about 8-hour work days\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Finally, let&#8217;s learn more about the origins of May 1st as <strong>Labour Day<\/strong>, with the interesting video and its bilingual transcript below!<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/learn\/reading\/la-fete-du-travail-du-premier-mai-en-france\">La F\u00eate du Travail du premier mai en France<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #fff5eb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Special treat for Premium subscribers<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2024\/04\/email-ww-fr-3.png\" alt=\"weekend workout\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong>Friday is Weekend Workout day<\/strong> \u2013 a special treat just for our <strong>Premium subscribers<\/strong>, with fresh <strong>dictations and writing challenges<\/strong> to boost your <strong>listening and writing skills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">This week&#8217;s theme is <strong>Jobs and Vocations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Here&#8217;s a little taster for free: <a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/11089\">Working in francophonie<\/a> (level A2)<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Not Premium yet? 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