Labor Day
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The constitutional basis of Labor Day was laid by the Bill of Human Rights, which entered into force on December 15, 1791. The First Amendment guaranteed freedom of assembly. It took almost a century for this right to be realized, first in the form of a regional and later a nationwide Labor Day.
In 1869, a union called the Knights of Labor was formed in Philadelphia. By 1886, the organization had reached a national scale, bringing together 700,000 members from all over the country.
The new name of the organization was the Central Union of Labor (CST).
One of the factors contributing to the growth of the influence of the FTA was the holiday Labor Day, initiated by the Union in 1882, holding in New York a ceremony and a parade in honor of the workers of the country.
In 1884, Labor Day fell on the first Monday of September, which, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the CST, now became a mandatory date of the holiday.
The first states to make this date mandatory in 1887 were Oregon, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
By 1894, Labor Day was recognized by 23 states (at that time there were 44 states in the United States). It was in this year, on June 28, by the decision of US President Grover Cleveland, that Labor Day was declared a national holiday.
Labor Day is the semi-official end of the summer season, an extra day off when most firms and virtually all government agencies are out of business.
It is between these holidays that summer holidays take place, and you can wear light pants to work in the office.
Many colleges and some U.S. schools start the school year after Labor Day.