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Bookmark or Share- Labor Day 2022: Why do we celebrate? : NPRHappy Labor Day weekend, America. The very first Labor Day in the country was celebrated in 1882, and it became an official federal holiday in 1894. The holiday falls on the first Monday of ...
- Labor Day Origin and Timeline - Student Center | Britannica.comLabor Day, an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated at a time when American industry was rapidly expanding but there were few legal protections for American workers. In the late 1800s, many Americans were working 12 hours a day six or seven days a week. Even children, some as young as age five or six, were working in ...
- A History of Labor Day - The New York TimesA Labor Day parade on Main Street in Buffalo in 1900. President Grover Cleveland made Labor Day a national holiday in June 1894, as he faced a crisis of railway workers striking in Chicago ...
- Labor Day 2022: Facts, Meaning & Founding | HISTORYLabor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late ...
- What is Labor Day and why do we celebrate the holiday? What to knowNew York was also the first state to introduce a bill recognizing Labor Day, but Oregon was the first to pass such a law in 1887, according to the labor department. By 1894, 32 states had adopted ...
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