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.

Labor Day