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Matthew Maguire, a machinist, is a founder of the holiday. Not Peter McGuire, he is general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpente and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation.
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The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was Celebrated in many industrial centers of the country
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It has started from the first state bill was introduced in the New York legislature, however Oregon was the very first state to ever pass the law of Labor Day.
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Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
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The American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.
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Police tried to cut off the strikers food supply, in the resulting rout, known as the "Battle of the Running Bulls," 16 workers and 11 policemen were injured and the UAW took over the adjacent Fisher Two Plant
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The first sit-down strikes in the United States, autoworkers occupy the General Motors Fisher Body Plant Number one in Flint, Michigan.
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President Roosevelt urged GM to recognize the union so that the plants could reopen. In mid-February, the automaker signed an agreement with the UAW.
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The strike actually began at smaller plants: Fisher Body in Atlanta on November 16, GM in Kansas City on December 16
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International Women's Strike is organizing an international day of action, planned and organized by women in over 30 different countries.
