Labor Day in the United States is a public holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September.
It honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength,
prosperity, and well-being of the country. It is the Monday of the long weekend known as Labor Day
Weekend and it is considered the unofficial end of summer.
Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists proposed
that a day be set aside to celebrate labor. “Labor Day” was promoted by the Central Labor Union and the
Knights of Labor, which organized the first parade in New York City. In 1887, Oregon was the first state of
the United States to make it an officialpublic holiday. By the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894,
thirty U.S. states officially celebrated Labor Day.[1]
