Show Labor Day The first man to suggest a day be set aside in honor of working man and the spirit of industry in the nation-was probably Peter He was President of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in 1882 when his suggestion was adopted by the Central Labor Union in New THE FIRST Labor was observed in In 1884 the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor which later became the American Federation of adopted the suggestion and states was the began to declare the first Monday in September a McGurie had chosen September because it was about midway between July A and By when Congress declared the day a holiday in all federal offices and some thirty states had acted to make Labor Day a legal After New Jersey and New York were the next to declare the ONE GOOD feature of Labor the traditional last weekend of summer in many Is that it always falls on a thus creating a long This year Labor Day is on the As on other there will be many in observing it this year take care to see that you live to observe other Labor |