The very first Labor Day in the country was celebrated in 1882, and it became an official federal holiday in 1894. To mark the nation's 140th Labor Day, here's some trivia about the holiday you didn't know you needed:
Union members and their families march in the annual Labor Day parade in Long Beach, Calif., in 2018. The very first Labor Day in the country was celebrated in 1882, and it became an official federal holiday in 1894. The holiday falls on the first Monday of September — Sept. 5 this year. The day typically celebrated with picnics and parades has more to it than that, though.
To mark the nation's 140th Labor Day, here's some trivia about the holiday you didn't know you needed:Labor activists first started recognizing Labor Day before states started to unofficially celebrate it. New York was the first state to introduce a bill to write the holiday into state legislation. Oregon, though, became the first state to pass it into law, in 1887. Colorado, Massachusetts and New York soon followed.
There was no music playing, and the few people present almost gave up before 200 people from the Jeweler's Union showed up and then things were on a roll. Around 20,000 people ended up marching that day.at the time said after the parade, there were"Lager beer kegs ... mounted in every conceivable place."In the Department of Labor, women led first
The Department of Labor, which was created after the holiday, was the first department led by a woman: Frances Perkins. Perkins helped lead President Franklin Roosevelt's administration through changes in after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, in which 146 people — mostly women and girls — died., six in total. The department's headquarters is named after Perkins.A lot. Do you enjoy not having to work weekends? The 40-hour work week? Having sick days and paid time off? You can thank labor leaders for that. Thousands of Americans have marched, protested and participated in strikes in order to create fairer, more equitable labor laws and workplaces — and still do today.
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