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March 27–29 – Cincinnati riots of 1884. April 21 – Hammond, Indiana, is incorporated a city. May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. May 1, called May Day or Labour Day, is now a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.
In October 1884, a convention held by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions unanimously set May 1, 1886, as the date by which the eight-hour work day would become standard, declaring that they resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labor, from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labor organizations ...
1884 (United States) The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, forerunner of the American Federation of Labor, passed a resolution stating that "8 hours shall constitute a legal day's work from and after May 1, 1886." 1884 (United States) Federal Bureau of Labor established in the U.S. Department of the Interior. [18] 1884 (United ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 November 2024. Federal holiday in the United States This article is about the U.S. holiday. For the similarly-named holiday in other countries, see Labour Day. For other uses, see Labor Day (disambiguation). Labor Day Labor Day Parade in New York's Union Square, 1882 Observed by United States Type ...
The first Labor Day celebration in the U.S. took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor.
It is celebrated on the first Monday in September every year
Labor Day always falls on the first Monday of September, but in 1909, it was declared that the Sunday preceding Labor Day would be "Labor Sunday," dedicated to educational and spiritual messages ...
At its convention in Chicago in 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labor from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organizations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named."