Stupid question about USA - Please help....?

Question

I do not know the American holidays at all... What is Labor day? I have seen in movies you are not suppose to wear white after Labor Day - What is that about?

Answer 1

labor day is a day off for all the working people in america. and it is said that people shouldn't wear white after labor day because autumn is starting and you want to be in season, and the color white is mostly for the summer season. i hope this helps.
~reb

Answer 2

Labor Day occurs on the first Monday in September and was first celebrated in the United States on September 5, 1882. The date was deliberately selected to fall between Independence Day and Thanksgiving. The holiday was suggested by Peter J. McGuire, a New York City carpenter and a founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and by Matthew Maguire, a Paterson, New Jersey machinist. They strongly believed that American workers should have a holiday similar to those of other countries. The first celebration was observed only in New York City with a parade of about 10,000 workers. The idea spread quickly and in 1894, President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday.

The association of the holiday with trade and labor unions has declined over the years. Labor Day for most people means the end of summer and the vacation season as well as the beginning of school for many students. The day is often celebrated with picnics, sporting events, reunions, and, in an election year, political rallies.
Also it means the end of summer and white clothes are usually only worn in the summer.

Answer 3

Day labor is work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future. It is a form of contingent work.

Day laborers find work through two common routes. First, some employment agencies specialize in very short-term contracts for manual labor most often in factories, offices, and manufacturing. These companies usually have offices where workers can arrive and be assigned to a job on the spot, as they are available. An example of a corporation in this business, in North America and the United Kingdom, is Labor Ready, Inc.

Less formally, workers meet at well-known locations, usually public street corners or commercial parking lots, and wait for building contractors, landscapers, and other potential employers to offer work. Much of this work is in small residential construction or landscaping. In the U.S., Day laborers using this channel are a diverse group of Latin American immigrants, native born white and African-American citizens. The majority are active community members who participate in religious institutions and sports teams. 1 in 3 corner day laborers have experienced theft of wages in the past two months while 1 in 5 experienced a serious worksite injury in the past year.

A frequent trend has developed amongst municipalities and communities in supporting these workers' efforts to organize themselves into democratically run workers' centers, designated areas, and organizations to defend workers' rights in general. Workers' Centers of this kind date back at least 18 years to Los Angeles. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), a network of such organizations, and the Day Labor Research Institute have emerged as members of the immigrant workers' rights movement. Member organizations of NDLON have been responsible for collecting workers' wages that were not paid by employers, building coalitions to pass legislation that regulates temporary agencies, and countering the arrest of corner day laborers. NDLON and the Day Labor Research Institute promote cooperation between day laborers, local government, police, other local residents, and businesses to avoid unproductive anti-immigrant hysteria, and achieve solutions that benefit all involved.

Answer 4

Labor day is supposed to be a day to celebrate everybody who works. It's also considered the start of autumn. According to the rules of fashion you're only supposed to wear white in the summer, so those that follow those rules don't wear while after labor day because that is when fall is supposed to begin. Don't listen to them, Just wear what ever colors you want.

Answer 5

Labor Day Definition, is fully described by "SPYDEY", and it is good learning for all.

WEARING WHITE:
Several years ago, one would not wear white after Labor Day, it was a real no-no. About 10 years ago, it became fashionable to wear white, and it still is. Designers such as Dolce and Gabbana, Armani, Chanel, and Versace, among many others, have crisp white staples in their 2006 fall/winter collections.

Answer 6

All those kind of holidays are basically an excuse for a long weekend that government made up to give themselves time off from work. If you call an agency, they will usually take the day before and after (with pay) as well, while we all work labor day, and the rest of the weekend to pay their salary and retirements. As far as white, just a stupid rule someone thought up but not a written law, cause I don't think men mind if you wear a white shirt and it get's wet or rained on. lol
Wear whatever you want and always question authority!!!

Answer 7

Labor day is a celebration of our work force..,of everyday working people.It was originally made up by the labor unions and since those are a fast dying breed..,thank god,hence the labor day.Hope this help.Have a great Labor Day.

Answer 8

:) Labor Day marks the end of Summer, and technically white should only be worn during the Summer months, between Memorial Day (in late May) and Labor Day (early September).

I follow it like a religion.

There is something called "Winter White" that ppl can wear in the wintry months, but I don't believe in wearing white at all after Labor Day, I'm just southern like that!

Answer 9

The History of Labor Day



Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means



"Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation."

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Founder of Labor Day



More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.

Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."

But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.

The First Labor Day



The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.

Labor Day Legislation



Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From them developed the movement to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.

A Nationwide Holiday



The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday — a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

The character of the Labor Day celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio, and television.

The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.

Answer 10

Don't know. Thought labor day was when you had a baby. Labor day is not just a U.S. holiday. It is to honor workers.