I really “labored” to get this post put together. I hope you all find it interesting and remember what your mother said… “make sure you share!”

  • The first U.S. Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 in New York City, planned by the Central Labor Union.  The Labor Day parade of about 10,000 workers took unpaid leave and marched from City Hall past Union Square uptown to 42nd street, and ended in Wendel’s Elm Park at 92nd Street and 9th Avenue for a concert, speeches, and a picnic.
  • What are we celebrating? The contributions and achievements of the 155 million men and women who are in the U.S. workforce.
  • Oregon was the first to declare Labor Day an official holiday in 1887.
  • Americans worked 12-hour days seven days a week during the 19th century!
  • The Adamson Act was passed on September 3, 1916 to establish an eight-hour work day.
  • Labor Day is considered the ‘unofficial NFL season kickoff.’ 99.44 percent of the time, the NFL plays its first official season game the Thursday after Labor Day.
  • The first Waffle house opened on Labor Day. In 1955, in Avondale Estates, GA, the very first Waffle House opened its doors to the public.
  • 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.
  • Historians say the expression “no white after Labor Day” comes from when the upper class would return from their summer vacations and stow away their lightweight, white summer clothes as they returned back to school and work.

Sources:

https://www.hydroworx.com/blog/fun-facts-labor-day/

https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-labor-day