LABOR DAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 ANTHOLOGY
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/09/omni-labor-day-september-1-2025.html AI Overview (Google Search) Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday in September in the U.S., is a federal holiday honoring American workers, while May Day, observed on May 1st globally, is International Workers’ Day, an international celebration of workers’ rights and power often marked by demonstrations, though its radical roots are often downplayed in the U.S. Both holidays emerged from the late 19th-century struggle for an eight-hour workday but diverged as American trade unions adopted Labor Day as a patriotic, mainstream event and radical labor groups […]