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wpelb Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 01:03 AM
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Labor Day: Why in September?
Does anybody have the reason why we celebrate Labor Day in September, while in many other countries (not just currently or formerly communist countries, either) it's celebrated on May 1st (May Day)?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 01:05 AM
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1. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day
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Libertas1776 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 01:10 AM
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2. Oh
beat me to it with the link. Basically, In 1894, President Cleveland rushed a bill through congress and signed it into law making Labor Day a federal holiday to smooth things over with Labor just a few days after the disastrous Pullman Strike. It falls in September on purpose, so not as to coincide with the International May day (May 1) since that day already had bad connotations with the Haymarket Riots in Chicago that had fallen around the start of May back in '86.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 01:11 AM
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 04:07 AM
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4. so...since republicons are sooo anti-union, are they a bunch of
hypocrites when they celebrate labor day?
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 07:53 PM
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5. Sadly, it has long ceased celebrating of labor
and is just a three days weekend to note the end of summer.
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