Labor Day, at the heart of which was a demand for better treatment of workers, was conceptualised in 1882. At the peak of the Industrial Revolution, the need for a federal holiday for workers was felt ...
WITH PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER DAN GEROUS. ANOTHER LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS HERE. A TIME SET ASIDE TO HONOR AMERICAN WORKERS. LABOR DAY BECAME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN 1894, WHEN PRESIDENT GROVER ...