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– – – – – – – –<\/span><\/p>\n NATIONAL DAY CALENDAR<\/span>.. Is the source of all of the information on our \u201cDays\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n LABOR DAY 2024..<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Summer\u2019s final fling has arrived. Yes it is Labor Day<\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n Labor Day always falls on the first Monday in September, which means it can be anywhere from September 1 through September 7. This year it’s September 2 in the U.S. and Canada. However, this is not the case for most countries \u2014 the majority of which celebrate on May 1.<\/p>\n Yes, most of us get the day off, but this holiday triggers mixed emotions. While summer still has 21 calendar days left, it\u2019s time to get serious. School\u2019s starting and there\u2019s a sense that summer vacation is over. So what\u2019s behind Labor Day \u2014 and how did it earn a place as a federal holiday?<\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n Labor Day began with violence.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n On May 4, 1886 \u2014 at a time when most American laborers worked 18 or even 20 hours a day<\/em> <\/span>\u2014 tens of thousands of workers protested in cities all across the U.S. to demand an eight-hour workday. Police in Chicago attacked both those peaceful protests and workers planning a meeting two days later, randomly beating and shooting at the planning group and killing six. When outraged Chicagoans attended an initially peaceful protest the next evening in Haymarket Square, police advanced on the crowd again. Someone who was never identified detonated a bomb that killed a police officer, leading cops to open fire on protesters and provoke violence that led to the deaths of about a dozen workers and police.<\/p>\n Ironically, Chicago was also the setting for the bloody Pullman strike of 1894, which catalyzed the establishment of an official Labor Day holiday in the U.S. on the first Monday of September.<\/p>\n The strike happened in May in the company town of Pullman, Chicago, a factory location established by luxury railroad car manufacturer the Pullman Company. The inequality of the town was more than apparent. Company owner George Pullman lived in a mansion while most laborers stayed in barracks-style dormitories. When a nationwide depression struck in 1893, Pullman decided to cut costs the way a lot of executives at the time did \u2014 by lowering wages by almost 30% while he kept the rent on the dormitories he leased to his workers at pre-depression levels.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot_20240901-165622_Chrome.jpg\")
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