Labor Day has already passed: it was on Monday, September 6, 66 days ago. Labor Day parade. Labor Day is on Monday, September 4, in days. When is? Dates of other holidays, events and celebrations. Andrew's Day St. David's Day St. George's Day St. Patrick's Day St. Calendar templates Monthly Weekly. Weekly schedules. Split year. School year. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, suggested setting aside a day for a "general holiday for the laboring classes" to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.
Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, New Jersey, proposed the holiday in while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. According to the New Jersey Historical Society, after President Cleveland signed the law creating a national Labor Day, the Paterson Morning Call published an opinion piece stating that "the souvenir pen should go to Alderman Matthew Maguire of this city, who is the undisputed author of Labor Day as a holiday.
By , 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, , President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday.
Many Americans celebrate Labor Day with parades, picnics and parties — festivities very similar to those outlined by the first proposal for a holiday, which suggested that the day should be observed with — a street parade to exhibit "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families.
This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday.
Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of , the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pays tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.
Check out the Labor Hall of Honor to learn more about the men and women who have improved working conditions, wages, and quality of life for America's working families. Hall of Secretaries Twenty-nine people have served as Secretary of Labor. Do you work to live or do you live to work. You never spent time with your children or your families. Even if you don't text work every five minutes you are preoccupied with work. And what do you get in the end. Not even a cheap watch. You just get written up or otherwise harassed so you can quit and go away.
Your family children resent you for never being there. You even resent yourself for never taking time to do things you wanted to do. You worked your fingers to the bone and now all you have are bony fingers. It would be nice if the company really appreciated you and your work and gave you just compensation. If they really encouraged you to go on vacation. To spend more time with your children. Instead they vaguely remind you you might be demoted or lose your job altogether.
So work, little ant, and soon the Big Boss will step on you and not even care. My late Great Grandfather, born around after Great-Great Grandfathers' returning from the Civil War, would tell me stories about life on the during the late 's. One was about early September when farming communities would organize for scheduling harvesting and canning farm by farm to optimize labor to the ripening crops.
I just want to thank Jesus and my Father God for giving me this labor day to celebrate the magnificence of his creation of this world to have for all my years of existence. I share your gratitude to our Lord. Thank you for expressing the joy of the gifts we have been given. Skip to main content.
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