EVERY WONDER ABOUT THE REAL REASON WE CELEBRATE LABOR DAY?

For those of my readers with inquiring minds - here is an article on the reasons why we celebrate Labor Day.  To read the complete article, click on the link below the picture.  

Just as a side note - in the last sentence in the first paragraph talking about child labor - I remember my grandmother (born in the 1890's) talking about when she was a young child, standing on a wooden crate to operate a machine and working long hours at that machine.

 The Real Reasons Why We Celebrate Labor Day

 

"Happy Labor Day, for those of you in the United States of America!  While having a day off of work to celebrate the end of summer is always a treat, you might be surprised at the real reasons we celebrate Labor Day on the first Monday of September each year. The Labor Day holiday was actually created out of the labor movement in the late 19th century. The Industrial Revolution was at its height in the late 1800s. According to History.com, during this time, “the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke out a basic living.” And even though many states prohibited it, children as young as five or six were often forced to worked in mills, factories and mines.

Because of the long hours, unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, and poor treatment by management, labor unions organized and workers began holding strikes and protest rallies. Unfortunately, these events often turned into dangerous riots, such as the Haymarket Riot. The violence that day in Chicago included a bomb thrown at police and a total of eight deaths..."

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