Sep
6
A Labor Day for Reflection(0)
The first Labor Day in the United States was observed on September 5, 1882, by the Central Labor Union of New York.
Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, 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 …
