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just under five miles from New York City’s City Hall to 42nd Street, the workers, who took unpaid leave to be at the event, met up with their families for various activities like enjoying picnics and lighting fireworks.“Labour Day," as it’s spelled by our neighbors to the north, was first celebrated in Canada in 1894 — on the first Monday of September, just like us.
, on March 25, 1872, the Toronto Typographical Union went on strike in favor of a shorter workweek. Many protesters were jailed, but later that year, Parliament legalized unions.Labor Day here in the United States, but it’s between two people and their last names are incredibly similar. While some records show that Peter J. McGuire, co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, got it going, others believe that Matthew Maguire, a secretary of the Central Labor Union, first sparked the concept.
was the first one to make it a statewide holiday, a full seven years before it was passed by Congress.made Labor Day official by signing it into law, designating the first Monday in September to always be Labor Day. The day honors the American labor force and the upholding of laws that make work conditions healthier and safer.In the late 19th century, the upper crust of society created this unofficial rule.
still puts on a Labor Day parade, which is held just north of the location of the original 1882 march.
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