Happy Labor Day! We hope you’re all
enjoying the last holiday weekend of the summer. Anastasia and the gang are off
today, but for those of you who have stopped by, here are some fun facts
about Labor Day:
· New
York City was the setting for the first Labor Day which occurred on Tuesday Sept.
5, 1882 and was organized by the Central Labor Union.
· More
than 10,000 workers protesting 16 hour workdays marched in the first Labor Day
parade.
· Two
years later, in 1884 the observance of Labor Day moved to the first Monday in
September as other labor groups were encouraged to take part.
· June
1894, Congress voted to make Labor Day a national federal holiday.
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