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On May 1, more than 80 nations observe International Workers' | On May 1, more than 80 nations observe International Workers' | ||
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+ | ===== May Day ===== | ||
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+ | The Second International of socialist and communist groups picked May Day to memorialize the Haymarket event, which happened in Chicago on May 4, 1886.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Labor Movement In 19th Century ===== | ||
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+ | As the trade union and labor organizations emerged in the late nineteenth century, various groupings of trade unionists picked a number of days to commemorate work.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== September Holiday ===== | ||
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+ | Labor Day, a September holiday in the United States, was initially suggested in the early 1880s.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== First Holiday Origin ===== | ||
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+ | According to one early history of Labor Day, the celebration began in September 1882 with a General Assembly of the Knights of Labor in New York City. A public procession of several labor groups was staged on September 5 in connection with this clandestine Knights gathering under the auspices of the Central Labor Union (CLU) of New York.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Matthew Maguire ===== | ||
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+ | In the aftermath of this successful public rally, CLU Secretary Matthew Maguire is credited with recommending that a national Labor Day holiday be observed on the first Monday of each September.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Peter J. McGuire ===== | ||
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+ | Another legend is that the concept for Workers Day came from Peter J. McGuire, a vice president of the American Federation of Labor, who, after visiting Toronto and seeing parades honouring labor that May, proposed the first proposal in the spring of 1882.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Proposition From McGuire ===== | ||
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+ | According to McGuire, on May 8, 1882, he proposed to New York City's embryonic Central Labor Union that a day be set aside for a " | ||
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+ | ===== Solidarity And Strength ===== | ||
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+ | According to McGuire, the event could begin with a street procession as a public display of organized labor' | ||
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+ | ===== First Monday In September ===== | ||
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+ | According to McGuire, the first Monday in September is an appropriate date for such a public celebration because of the favorable weather and the day's location on the calendar, which is midway between the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving public holidays.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Labor Sunday ===== | ||
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+ | The Sunday preceding Labor Day was named as "Labor Sunday" | ||
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+ | ===== Signed Into Law ===== | ||
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+ | By 1894, thirty states in the United States were formally commemorating Labor Day. That year, Congress approved legislation designating the first Monday of September as Labor Day and declaring it a federal holiday. On June 28, President Grover Cleveland signed the measure into law.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Only For Federal Workers ===== | ||
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+ | However, federal law only designated it a holiday for government employees. Unions encouraged employees to strike as late as the 1930s to ensure they had the day off.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Disagreement To When ===== | ||
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+ | Labor organizations were divided at the time regarding whether a holiday commemorating workers should be observed, with some calling for the ongoing emphasis on the September march-and-picnic date while others desired the designation of the more politically sensitive date of May 1.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Grover Cleveland ===== | ||
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+ | Conservative Democratic President Grover Cleveland was among those afraid that a May 1 labor holiday would become a remembrance of the Haymarket event, strengthening socialist and anarchist forces worldwide that supported the May 1 commemoration.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Support For September ===== | ||
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+ | In 1887, he openly backed the September Labor Day holiday as a less provocative option, ultimately establishing the day as a federal holiday in the United States through a statute he signed in 1894.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Loyalty Day ===== | ||
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+ | On May 1, the United States has observed Loyalty Day and Law Day since the mid-1950s. Unlike Labor Day, neither is a legitimate public holiday (government offices and most companies do not close to observe), therefore they have remained relatively unknown.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Two-Week Vacations ===== | ||
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+ | Many people take two-week vacations during the two weeks after Labor Day. Many autumn activities, such as school and sports, start around this time.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== School Districts ===== | ||
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+ | Many school districts in the United States restart courses around the Labor Day vacation weekend. Some start the week before Labor Day, making Labor Day weekend the first three-day weekend of the school year, while others return on the Tuesday after Labor Day.[([[https:// |