From Wikipedia
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September (September 6 in 2010).
The first Labor Day in the United States was observed on September 5, 1882 in New York City, by the Central Labor Union of New York, the nation's first integrated major trade union.[1] It became a federal holiday in 1894, when, following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with the labor movement as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.[2]
During the course of the strike, 13 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded.
Yeah. It's a leftist holiday.
ReplyDeleteMelanie
13 strikers died and we get a day off. In Europe they have what 6 weeks vacation. How many strikers would have to die to get that?
ReplyDeleteWell we couldn't have six weeks off here because that's socialist. Those workers who die should just be glad they died with a job!
ReplyDeleteSigh. Too bitter, huh?
Melanie
Nope. But, here's my latest bitter. We are closer to being socialist now but, without any of the benefits!
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