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Labor Day

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Labor Day holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. In most other countries—and among the leftists in the United States and Canada—May Day (May 1) is celebrated instead. Author not available, LABOR DAY. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Labor Day
La·bor Day • n. a public holiday or day of festivities held in honor of working people, in the U.S. and Canada on the first Monday in September, in many other countries on May 1. Read more

Labor Day
...observed the holiday before 1894, when Congress passed a bill making Labor Day a national holiday. It is often celebrated with parades and speeches...the U.S. In most other countries, workers are honoured on May Day . Labor Day Labor Day Labor Day Read more

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	Tally of traffic deaths among holiday's highest.(City/Region)(Throughout the state, 10 people died in wrecks over the Labor Day weekend; none of those fatal crashes took place in Lane County)
	The shrinking pie.(Editorials)(The working class is feeling squeezed this Labor Day)(Editorial)
	FIFTY YEARS AGO, THESE BLACK SOX WENT THE DISTANCE.(Sports)(Labor Day weekend in 1958 saw the Drain nine win a National Baseball Congress title)

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