Labor Day 2010 Facts
The first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882 in New York City. The day of the holiday was changed to the first Monday in September in 1884. Congress passed an act officially making the first Monday in September a legal holiday on June 28, 1894. For many decades, Labor Day was seen as a day for workers to voice their complaints and discuss better working conditions and pay. In 2009, 155.1 million people were in the nation’s labor force. Approximately 7.2 million pe
