Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day?

Today, we celebrate the achievements and contributions of all American workers. As a small business, we sincerely thank our employees as well as our customers here at CitruSolution of North Cherokee.

Today, we celebrate the achievements and contributions of all American workers. If you’re not familiar with the back story of Labor Day, we put together a little synopsis:

Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 signed into declaration by Grover Cleveland; each year it is celebrated on the first Monday in September. (For those of you in the fashion world, it also means the end of Summer – ya know, not wearing white after Labor Day).

During the Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s, workers were being subjected to terrible working environments and very long days (some longer than 12 hours a day and 7 days a week!). Children as young as 5 years old also worked these hours in mills, mines, and factories, earning a very small fraction of their adult counterparts.

As labor unions grew and became more vocal, protests and even violent events broke out – most of which resulted in deaths of workers and police officials. In 1882, 10,000 workers left to march in New York City; this became the first Labor Day parade in United States history. After 12 years of negotiations, protests, strikes, and even a boycott – the legislation was finally passed. It was in 1894 that Cleveland passed the “workingmen’s holiday” to celebrate the rights of employees.

Today, we celebrate with you – as a small business, sometimes we work more hours; however, we love what we do and we appreciate all of our employees as well as our customers. Thank you!