Many Americans may be surprised to learn that Labor Day was not just created as a nice idea by labor union officials to honor the efforts of those who labored for their hard-earned money.
The officially sanctioned federal holiday American citizens celebrate as Labor Day was created in the aftermath of some of the most turbulent labor unrest in the history of the United States.
The first officially recognized Labor Day parade took place in New York City on September 5, 1882.
The sanitized presentation of the history of Labor Day often trivializes or ignores the depth of violence and destruction that big labor was capable of in 1894.
The parade took place on September 5, 1882, when around 10,000 workers marched together in the streets of New York City in America's first Labor Day parade, and it was a fairly pleasant event as the marchers enjoyed a family picnic afterward.
While some historians have made the claim that Cleveland attempted to use the Labor Day legislation to help his efforts to win re-election by mollifying big labor, they neglect to mention that the presidential election would not have occurred until 1896.
He did succeed in getting the date separated from the May 1 celebration of International Workers' Day because he was concerned that observance of Labor Day on that day would be linked to the more radical Socialist and Communist elements that had rallied together on May 1, 1894, to commemorate the Haymarket Square Riot, which had also taken place in Chicago during his previous administration.
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-seeds-of-u.s.-socialism-were-planted-in-the-first-labor-day
The officially sanctioned federal holiday American citizens celebrate as Labor Day was created in the aftermath of some of the most turbulent labor unrest in the history of the United States.
The first officially recognized Labor Day parade took place in New York City on September 5, 1882.
The sanitized presentation of the history of Labor Day often trivializes or ignores the depth of violence and destruction that big labor was capable of in 1894.
The parade took place on September 5, 1882, when around 10,000 workers marched together in the streets of New York City in America's first Labor Day parade, and it was a fairly pleasant event as the marchers enjoyed a family picnic afterward.
While some historians have made the claim that Cleveland attempted to use the Labor Day legislation to help his efforts to win re-election by mollifying big labor, they neglect to mention that the presidential election would not have occurred until 1896.
He did succeed in getting the date separated from the May 1 celebration of International Workers' Day because he was concerned that observance of Labor Day on that day would be linked to the more radical Socialist and Communist elements that had rallied together on May 1, 1894, to commemorate the Haymarket Square Riot, which had also taken place in Chicago during his previous administration.
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-seeds-of-u.s.-socialism-were-planted-in-the-first-labor-day
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