Labor Day in New York City

The first labor day was held in 1882 in new york city orchestrated by the city's central labor union. Labor Day originally wasn't just meant to be a celebration But a way to bring attention to the fact that many workers were forced to work stupid ridiculous hours. The average manufacturing worker was routinely putting in 60 hour weeks in those days and shortly before like a decade or so before it was 70 hour weeks Worth the norm. It's only thanks to these workers that we have the 40 hour work week And two day weekends today, which we will get to when we talk about the eight hour workday.