Today is fake Labor Day...that holiday
the US Government came up with to lure workers away from the real Labor Day on
May 1. Here are some fun union songs to sing today and an exlplanation of lobor
day from Wikipedia:
Labor Day in the United States is a public
holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. It honors
the American
labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to
the strength, prosperity, laws and
well-being of the country. It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day
Weekend and it is considered the unofficial end of summer in the
United States. The holiday is also a federal
holiday.
Beginning
in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists
proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor. "Labor Day" was
promoted by the Central Labor Union and
the Knights of Labor,
which organized the first parade in New York City. In 1887, Oregon was the first state of the United
States to make it an official public holiday. By the time it became an
official federal holiday in
1894, thirty U.S. statesofficially
celebrated Labor Day.[1]
Canada's Labour Day is also celebrated on the
first Monday of September. More than 80 countries celebrate International
Workers' Day on May 1 – the ancient European holiday of May Day – and several countries have
chosen their own dates for Labour Day.
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