How Labor Day has — and hasn't

In September 1882, labor leaders, workers and supporters gathered in New York City for the world’s first Labor Day parade. According to Allyson Brantley, an associate professor of history at the University of La Verne in California, local activists organized a festival to amplify the presence of…

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