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The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882.

Labor unions in Canada were on strike for shorter work hours. American labor leader Peter J. McGuire witnessed one of the unions parades and held a "labor day" on September 5, 1882.

States later decided to continue to celebrate the holiday on the first Monday of September

Initiated in 1882 by a New York carpenter, Peter McGuire, to honor contributions of working people in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and territories, Labor Day was officially celebrated in 1894, having gotten organized fully by the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. A tireless, indefatigable warrior, Peter McGuire.

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