Labor’s Demise Is America’s Demise Thoughts for Labor Day | Global Research
Labor Day is a holiday that has outlived its time. Like Christmas,
Labor Day has become a time-out period. As Christmas has become a
shopping spree, Labor Day has become the last summer holiday.
The holiday originated in
1887 to celebrate the contribution made by American workers to the
strength and prosperity of the United States. The first Monday in
September was chosen by President Grover Cleveland to avoid a May date
that would keep alive the memory of the previous year’s Haymarket
Massacre in which workers striking for an eight-hour day suffered
casualties from the Chicago police.
