Labor Day rally planned for ‘National Day of Action’
Wed, 08/27/2025 - 1:49pm
By:
Donna Ohl, Lake City
Labor Day was created because in the 1830s workers averaged 70-hour weeks. No government or company would recognize the first Monday of September as a day off work, so the issue was solved temporarily by declaring a one-day strike where workers were expected to march in a parade and then eat and drink at a giant picnic afterwards. It is a day when people recognized how hard-won a lot of their benefits are.
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