FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Labor Day 2014! ~ September 1, 2014

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

Happy Labor Day!

September 1, 2014

 

 

 

 

H I S T O R Y

Labor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival. It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated by them as Labor Day. The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the working class on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and was celebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the working man. In the U.S., the first Monday in September was selected to reject any identification with Communism. In the late 1880's, labor organizations began to lobby various state legislatures for recognition of Labor Day as an official state holiday. The first states to declare it a state holiday in, 1887, were Oregon, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Then in 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national holiday. Today, Labor Day is observed not only in the U.S. but also in Canada, and in other industrialized nations. While it is a general holiday in the United States, its roots in the working class remain clearer in European countries.

 

 

 

For a lot of people, Labor Day means two things: a day off and the end of summer. But why is it called Labor Day? Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women. Membership in labor unions in the United States reached an all-time high in the 1950s when about 40 percent of the work force belonged to unions. Today, union membership is about 14 percent of the working population. Labor Day now carries less significance as a celebration of working people and more as the end of summer. Schools, government offices and businesses are closed on Labor Day so people can get in one last trip to the beach or have one last cookout before the weather starts to turn colder.

T O D A Y

 

So what about you?

How are you celebrating Labor Day?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hope you had a good day, Luv.

I’m finishing up a shelf installation for my Mom.

[luvie]

It wasn’t awful for a work day! We were just busy enough to keep from being bored out of our minds and everyone was in a good mood.

Hope you got those shelves done. She’ll be happy to have them, I’ll bet. How is her “fat lip”?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hope you had a wonderful writing day, this Labor Day. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hope your day went well. I journeyed to Lowes today for a set of drill bits. My Dad's workbench looks like a hurricane hit it (has for many years) and there are OLD bits everywhere (I can't read the sizes). They are all going into a bucket and then out! Now I have a new set, in a case, and all marked!

[SandRat]

Back home now. G-Son & G-Dau gave each other GoodBye HUGS

[Arrowhead1952]

Thanks. The day went well. My work bench is a mess too. I just need to take a day and take everything off and put it back in its proper place.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Labor Day, henkster!! Are you ready to paint the deck red now?

Oh, oh...you broke the garage door? Are you able to fix it?

Glad you were able to spend time with family. ((HUGS))

[henkster]

As for the garage door, to steal a saying from my neighbor, it’s a problem I fix with my checkbook. I never learned how they work and don’t want to injure myself making the problem worse. We had alot of rain forecast yesterday so I held off staining the deck. Looks to be dry the rest of the week so I will try to squeeze it in during the evenings.