sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 12 days agoa tale of two Labor Day messages todaylemmy.todayimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down114
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minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-211 days agoGrover Cleveland made it an official national holiday in 1894 after the Pullman strikes. He selected the September date to put distance between the socialist May Day protests and the concessions he was making to the Labor movement.
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoThanks for the info! Also lol there can’t even be a hint of communism, can there.
Grover Cleveland made it an official national holiday in 1894 after the Pullman strikes. He selected the September date to put distance between the socialist May Day protests and the concessions he was making to the Labor movement.
Thanks for the info!
Also lol there can’t even be a hint of communism, can there.