Celebrating the contributions and achievements of the men and women who are in the U.S. workforce!
- In 1894, Grover Cleveland made Labor Day a federal holiday after a failed attempt to break up a railroad strike.
- The first U.S. Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, planned by the Central Labor Union.
- Oregon was the first state to make Labor Day a holiday in 1887.
- On June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
- 1916 – The year in which the 8-hour day was firmly established with the passage of the Adamson Act. This was the first federal law regulating the hours of workers in private companies.
- Labor Day unofficially marks the end of summer.
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveodland/2012/08/29/10-labor-day-facts/#ca999b6a2796