Canada, Japan and New Zeland. In the case of the US, the date for Labor Day was set as the first Monday of September in 1894 by lawmakers in an attempt to appease workers after troops were sent to ...

McGuire, co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, as the first to propose a holiday celebrating workers ... first Monday in September as Labor Day. Canada’s Labour Day is also celebrated ...

As labor unions and activists advocated and fought for better treatment for workers at the height of the Industrial Revolution, the idea arose to establish a day dedicated to celebrating the ...