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Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909: At least 12 people died when strikers battled with private security agents and Pennsylvania State Police mounted on horseback. [50] Eight men died on August 22, including 4 strikers. By the time the rioting was over, a dozen men were dead and more than 50 were wounded. March 9, 1910 – July 1, 1911
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 ...
Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor died in 1924 after serving as the organization's president for 37 years. Observers said successor William Green, who was the secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers , "lacked the aggressiveness and the imagination of the AFL's first president". [ 87 ]
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.
Labor Day dates back to the labor movement of the 19 th century, where labor activists pushed for the holiday to recognize that it was workers who were behind America’s prosperity, according to ...
History of Labor Day. Labor Day, a federal holiday observed on the first Monday of September, originated in the late 19th century amid the labor movement’s fight for fair working conditions and ...
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
Labour Day is a national holiday in The Bahamas, celebrated on the first Friday in June in order to create a long weekend for workers. [10] The traditional date of Labour Day in The Bahamas, however, is 7 June, in commemoration of a significant workers' strike that began on that day in 1942. Labour Day is meant to honour and celebrate workers ...