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:: Saturday, July 17, 2004 ::
Census Bureau Releases Facts for Features on Labor Day 2004 U.S. Newswire
Labor Day 2004: Sept. 6
The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, probably organized by Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary. By 1893, more than half the states were observing a 'Labor Day' on one day or another, and a bill to establish a federal holiday was passed by Congress in 1894. President Grover Cleveland signed the bill soon afterward, designating the first Monday in September as Labor Day.
15.8 million -- Number of labor union members nationwide. About 13 percent of wage and salary workers belong to unions, with New York having among the highest rates of any state at 25 percent. North Carolina has one of the lowest rates, 3 percent.------------------------------------------- posted 8:37 AM :: reference link ::
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