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Labor Day Work in America:
history, facts, statistics, and leaders Compiled by Information Please Labor Day History The Labor Day holiday as we know it
grew out of the efforts of labor unions over
a century ago. According to the U.S.
Department of Labor, records indicate the holiday was first proposed in
the late 19th century. Two men are credited with the original idea: Peter J.
McGuire, a co-founder of the American
Federation of Labor, and Matthew Maguire, a machinist and secretary of
the Central Labor Union in New York. Earnings Employment and Wages Labor Unions
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