ON May 1, 2012, then-United States House majority leader Eric Cantor tweeted a fact of life in the 21st century. It was something eminently true but left unsaid for one reason or another. That was the time before Twitter became X, and Cantor's tweet argued for a redefinition of the Labor Day celebration, which traditionally falls on May 1 in the Philippines, the US and other countries. The tweet said, 'Today we celebrate those who worked hard and built a business.'