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Is Labor Day a religious holiday?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

No. Labor Day (or 'Labour Day' in Australia) pays tribute to working men and women, and has nothing to do with any religious celebration. It celebrates the achievements of organised working groups (now commonly known as 'unions') on behalf of the worker to bring about safer and better working conditions for workers. In Australia, it arose as a celebration of organised labour to bring about the 8-hour day in the latter half of the 1800s. Through the years, it has come to celebrate continued improvements in working conditions.

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12y ago

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