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History_Of_Labor_Day____Labor_Day_History____Labor_Day_For_Kids(360p)
sohail2726
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5/1/2025
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Labor Day, an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during
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one of American labor history's most dismal chapters.
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Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is
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traditionally observed on the first Monday in September.
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In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average
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American worked 12-hour days and 7-day weeks in order to eat out a basic living.
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Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as five to six toiled in meals, factories
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and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts' wages.
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Both Labor Day and May Day, the two worker holidays grew out of violent clashes between labor and
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police in the American Midwest.
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What is known as the Haymarket Riot or Haymarket Incident began on May 1, 1886.
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Thousands of workers took to Chicago streets to demand an eight-hour workday.
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The demonstration lasted for days.
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On May 4, a bomb was set off, killing seven police officers and eight civilians.
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A few years later, the event inspired an international gathering of socialists in Paris to declare May Day a holiday honoring workers' rights.
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Now known as International Workers' Day, the holiday is celebrated in many countries across
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the world.
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Eight years later, in May 1894, workers went on strike to protest 16-hour workdays and low wages
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at the Pullman Palace Car Company, which manufactured railroad cars in a plant near Chicago.
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Members of the powerful American Railway Union joined in, refusing to move Pullman cars.
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Rail traffic across the country was crippled.
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Days after the ARU joined the Pullman strike, a languishing bill to make Labor Day a national
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holiday was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland.
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Cleveland also ordered federal troops to Chicago to end the boycott.
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Angry strikers began to riot, and National Guardsmen fired into the mob, killing dozens of people.
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In the following years, many companies started to increase and even doubled the wage of their workers.
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They also cut the working hours from 9 to 8 hours a day.
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During the New Deal, the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act Limited set a minimum wage and mandated a shorter
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workweek, with overtime pay for longer shifts.
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By the 1940s, the average workweek had fallen to 5 8-hour days.
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It's because of the labor leaders like George Minet, William Green, Samuel Gumpers, Philip
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Murray, A. Philip Randolph and their sacrifices, today we see a better day at work.
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Today our kids go to school and do not spend time in some factories.
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If you want to read a story regarding the struggle during the labor riots and want to know more
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about the miserable conditions of the laborers during those days, I will recommend this book.
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You can find a read aloud on this book in our channel and also this is available in Amazon.
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Both the links are in the description box.
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Thanks for watching and supporting our channel.
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See you soon.
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