2007-08-17 10:45:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
always the first Monday of September, I think it's a holiday that should go away unless you want a day to celebrate the end of summer,
In September 1892, union workers in New York City took an unpaid day off and marched around Union Square in support of the holiday. But now, protests against President Cleveland's harsh methods made the appeasement of the nation's workers a top political priority. In the immediate wake of the strike, legislation was rushed unanimously through both houses of Congress, and the bill arrived on President Cleveland's desk just six days after his troops had broken the Pullman strike.
1894 was an election year. President Cleveland seized the chance at conciliation, and Labor Day was born. He was not reelected.
In 1898, Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, called it "the day for which the toilers in past centuries looked forward, when their rights and their wrongs would be discussed...that the workers of our day may not only lay down their tools of labor for a holiday, but upon which they may touch shoulders in marching phalanx and feel the stronger for it."
2007-08-17 11:12:45 · answer #1 · answered by Kathi 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Labor- I have worked for what seems every Labor Day since I was old enough to actually work. The name seems fitting enough doesn't it? To me its the same as any other day of the week, with the only exception being that the people I work with are just that much lazier on a day entitled "Labor" Day. Besides, its a time and 1/2 holiday. More money, more stress, no administration. How could you go wrong? I hate the hospital..... What I wouldn't give for an ice cold beer and some BBQ right about now.
2016-05-21 22:44:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May 1 every year is the Labor Day.
2007-08-18 18:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why is Labor Day a holiday anyway? Have you seen most Americans dragging hiney to work on Mondays. Look at their faces. They seem to hate their job. Looks like a huge funeral procession.
2007-08-17 11:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In America it's September 3rd unless you're a Mexican in the Southwest, then it's May day (first). In other countries it's a different day.
2007-08-17 12:20:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first Monday of September. This year it's on the 3rd.
2007-08-17 10:52:03 · answer #6 · answered by Beardog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's always the first Monday in September. This year, it's the 3rd.
2007-08-17 12:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by beat_la_25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems to fall nine months after our first date.
2007-08-17 11:44:13 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Souldogs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
september 3rd for this year
2007-08-17 10:52:53 · answer #9 · answered by desigurl824 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋