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Bookmark or Share- Labor Day history: 3 pivotal moments in the modern workers' movement - NPRFrom a deadly factory fire to a presidential showdown with strikers, these major labor events became central to U.S. history, the modern labor movement and the rights afforded to workers.
- Labor Day - WikipediaLabor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.
- 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...
- Labor Day's surprisingly radical origins - National GeographicSeptember 04, 2020. • 7 min read. For many, Labor Day weekend signals the end of summer and an opportunity to host a barbecue. But this national holiday—celebrated every year in the United...
- A History of Labor Day - The New York TimesWhat Is Labor Day? A History of the Workers’ Holiday. President Grover Cleveland made it a national holiday in 1894, during a crisis over federal efforts to end a strike by railroad workers....
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