labor day. labor day is celebrted as the last holiday weekend of the summer but it was originally a...
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Labor Day
Labor Day is celebrted as the last holiday weekend of the SummerBut it was originally a day given to the labor unions
Industrial Revolution
Many People Worked Long Hours for Low Pay
Labor Unions Labor Unions
were formed to combat poor working
Workers Used
Strikes
Pullman Strike 1894
Pullman Factory
Pullman Palace Car Company
Economic Panic of 1893Strike of 1894 started with 3000 employees of PullmanGrew to 250,000 Rail Road employees in 27 states13 Dead 54 Wounded$340,000 damages ($8,818,000)
Eugene V. Debs
Leader of the American Railway UnionOrganized the StrikeJailed for 6 months for ignoring court injunctionBecame a leader of the Socialist Party
Grover Cleveland
Wanted to appease the Unions for the deaths in the Pullman strikeHe proposed and Congress unanimously voted to make Labor Day a National Holiday in 1894
Political Consequences
Governor John P. Altgeld of IllinoisWanted to send in the State MilitiaHated Cleveland for stepping inBlocked Cleveland's reelection bid
First Labor Day Parade
September 1882
New York City
Knights of Labor
Labor Day Parades
Other Labor Day Traditions
Last day to wear white.
Start of football season
Happy Labor Day