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Sep 10, 2010 · While you take your three day weekend, remember those who struggled to get Friday and Saturday off.HISTORY®, now reaching more than 98 million homes, is the ...
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Claim offer. Learn about the origin of the only federal holiday dedicated to honoring and recognizing America's workers. Visit www.dol.gov/LaborDay for more.
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Labor Day was signed into law as a federal holiday on June 28th 1894 - to be celebrated on the first Monday in September. Most of us think of Labor Day as the unofficial end of summer, but the ...
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Apr 13, 2010 · Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, under President Grover Cleveland. Cleveland created the holiday during a crisis over federal efforts to end a strike by railroad workers.
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Sep 2, 2022 · The August 28, 1963 March on Washington was organized by labor activists A. Phillip Randolph and Bayard Rustin. The historical event was designed to shed light on workers' rights, issues which...
Before it was a federal holiday, Labor Day was recognized by labor activists and individual states. After municipal ordinances were passed in 1885 and 1886, a movement developed to secure state legislation.
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Labor Day is a holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada to honor workers and their contributions to society. The holiday is observed on the first Monday in September. But the first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City.
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