This year, the American labor movement has more than just its history to celebrate on Labor Day. Most Americans support labor unions, and recent years have seen a surge of unionization efforts in ...

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From barbecues to getaways to shopping the sales, many people across the U.S. mark Labor Day — the federal holiday celebrating the American worker — by finding ways to relax. This year is the 131st ...

DALLAS (AP) — From barbecues to getaways to shopping the sales, many people across the U.S. mark Labor Day — the federal holiday celebrating the American worker — by finding ways to relax. This year ...

In September 1882, labor leaders, workers and supporters gathered in New York City for the world’s first Labor Day parade. According to Allyson Brantley, an associate professor of history at the ...

You probably don’t have to work on the first Monday of September, but why? The name “Labor Day” suggests a holiday that’s all about American workers, but most of us just see it as an excuse for a ...

Labor Day parades celebrating workers’ rights continued into the 20th century. Here, members of the Women’s Auxiliary Typographical Union participated in a 1909 Labor Day parade in New York City. On ...

Maine Governor Paul LePage’s secret removal of a mural celebrating the state’s labor history is just one in a long line of struggles over publicly-funded depictions of American workers. By signing up, ...