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The History of Labor Day
Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country, said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man‘s prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation.
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country.
Founder of Labor Day
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.
But Peter McGuire‘s place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
The First Labor Day
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, l883.
In l884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a workingmen‘s holiday on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in l885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.
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劳动节祝福短信
春风一阵，托白云带去我对你真挚的问候。劳动节假期里，我要你放飞心灵的风筝，把劳累抛在九霄。看看云，看看天，快乐荡漾嘴角边，玩得尽兴在假期。
春风喜迎劳动节，舒展眉头度五一，繁忙工作终得歇，劳累之余开心些，带薪长假心欢喜，尽享回报笑嘻嘻，双手装扮新世界，终有后人来感谢!
春风喜迎劳动节，假期之余开心些，欢声笑语快乐些，心情放松健康些，天伦之乐多享些，烦恼忧愁多抛些，五一劳动节祝福些，吉祥如意逍遥些。
春风飘动的，是劳动的希望;春雨滋润的，是劳动的梦想;春光照耀的是，劳动的欢笑。春天策划，我所导演的，是劳动节的祝愿，祝你轻松快乐，五一开心!
春风吹来劳动节，忙忙碌碌要停歇，生活就要开心些，给你思念不枯竭，祝福拥有新世界，快乐伴你不换届，幸福陪你永不谢。
窗外春光明媚，风儿令花陶醉，五一祝福要传递：一祝健康身体好，二祝快乐没烦恼，三祝升职步步高，四祝发财变阔佬，五祝好运跟你跑。祝福已经发送!
穿上幸福皮鞋，将烦恼一脚踢飞;踏上快乐大道，将压力踩在脚下;紧跟欢乐的足迹，拒绝不快的跟随。五一劳动节，祝你尽情娱乐，享受美好的时刻。
锄禾日当午，五一不辛苦，谁知工作难，分分皆辛苦，盼来劳动节，终于歇一歇，邀来亲朋聚，心中苦闷唠。五一劳动节愿你烦恼抛，幸福绕，心情好。
出行时别忘了带上快乐，相聚时别忘了带上欢乐，劳动时别忘了带上喜悦，聚餐时别忘了带上钱包，五一到别忘了接收祝福，愿你五一劳动节开心无限，幸福无穷。
憧憬着明天的欢乐，轻轻的向你问候，狠狠地把你思念，用我缠绵的柔情、奔放的感情、炽诚的热情、真挚的友情、愉快的心情，动情的祝你：五一节快乐!