America's Labor Day 2026 (FWIW)

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1906 Labor Day celebration (film)

"1906 Labor Day Parade Film from Leominster, Massachusetts, Thomas A. Edison." Happy Labor Day Weekend: This weekend marks the 141st anniversary of Labor Day. The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City

"1906 Labor Day Parade Film from Leominster, Massachusetts, Thomas A. Edison." Happy Labor Day Weekend: This weekend marks the 141st anniversary of Labor Day. The first Labor Day holiday was...

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September 5, 1882 - Labor Day Began With a March​

Labor Day History: How the Holiday Began

Labor Day began with 10,000 workers marching in New York City in 1882. Learn how the first parade, Pullman Strike and Congress shaped the holiday.

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A Women's Auxiliary Typographical Union float in New York City's 1909 Labor Day parade. Library of Congress.

 

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The timing of Labor Day's federal recognition was closely connected to one of the most significant labor disputes in American history.

During the economic depression of 1893, the Pullman Company reduced wages at its railroad-car factory near Chicago. However, the company did not reduce the rent it charged workers living in its company-owned town.

Pullman employees walked off the job on May 11, 1894. The dispute expanded into a nationwide railroad boycott involving an estimated 250,000 workers across 27 states.



Scenes from the Great Railway Strike in and around Chicago, 1894. Library of Congress.