09/06/2026
Labor Day is tomorrow, so we wanted to drop a little nugget of information and would love to hear what you have planned for the day!
Before the long weekends, barbecues, and end-of-summer sales, Labor Day was born out of a high-stakes rebellion.
Imagine working 12 hours a day, 6 days a week in a suffocating, unsafe factory. There were no weekends. No overtime. No child labor laws.
On September 5, 1882, over 10,000 workers said "enough." They took an unpaid day off, risking instant firing and blacklisting, to march through the streets of New York City. Surrounded by police on horseback, they held up defiant banners reading: "Less Work and More Pay" and "Children in Schools, Not in Factories."
That day, they literally fought for the 8-hour workday, the protecton of our youth, and the concept of the weekend.
Labor Day isn't just a day off, it’s a monument to the regular people who risked their livelihoods so we could have ours.
This Monday, let’s honor the grit that built our modern work-life balance.
Happy Labor Day!
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Visuals courtesy of the Library of Congress and the National Archives. 🇺🇸🏛️