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the first proposal in May 1882 for labor day
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On September 5, 1882, 10,000 workers took unpaid time off to march from City Hall to Union Square in New York City, holding the first Labor Day parade in U.S. history.
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second Labor Day holiday just a year later
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events turned violent during this period, in which several Chicago policemen and workers were killed.
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In 1887, Oregon was the first state of the United States to make it an official public holiday
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it became an official federal holiday in 1894
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On May 11, 1894, employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago went on strike to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives.
