But eventually, Labor Day began to be seen as the more "moderate" of the two holidays, in comparison to May Day, which was originally established by the Marxist International Socialist Congress.

Labor Day will be celebrated on Monday, September 2 in 2024 but what is the occasion and why is the public holiday so popular in the United States? Labor Day in the United States, ...

Public schools, government offices will close for annual Labor Day holiday. Private sector workers may not be so lucky.

When Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, unions in the U.S. were largely contested and courts would often rule strikes illegal, leading to violent disputes, Vachon said.

Schools, courthouses, banks the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the U.S. post office will be closed on Labor Day. Nope, ...

The Department of Labor says they don’t know who came up with the idea, but it started with unions. The Central Labor Union appears to have planned the first Labor Day in New York City back in 1882.

The unofficial end of summer, Labor Day, happens this weekend. Hoosiers should plan accordingly as some offices and services will be closed.

By 1887, Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Colorado made Labor Day a state holiday. President Grover Cleveland declared that Labor Day was a national holiday in 1894.