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Labor Day | Public Occurrences, Ep. 22

Sovereign Nations

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The Dilemma of Labor Day in New York City

In 18 94, grover cleveland signed an act of congress establishing labor day as a federal holiday on the first monday of september. Less than a week later, the president sent federal troops to chicago. With his union in ruins, debs went into politics, but his socialist party ultimately failed to catch on as america's party on the left organized labor.

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