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Q : W h a t i n t e r n a t i o n a l h o l i d a y i s L a b o r
D a y ’ s c l o s e s t r e l a t i v e ?
Wishing All Working Men
and Women and their Families
a Relaxing Labor Day Weekend
A: May Day. In 1889, a workers’ congress in Paris voted to support the
U.S. labor movement’s demand for an eight-hour workday. It chose
May 1, 1890, as a day of demonstrations in favor of the eight-hour day.
Afterward, May 1 became a holiday called Labor Day in many nations.
It resembles the September holiday in the United States.
From the United Steelworkers
Oregon Legislative & Education Committee.
Locals 330, 9170, 8-1171, 8-1189, 1234, 9170-01, 1189, 8-1199,
8378, 504, 171, 5074, 1097, 7150, 6163, 8-1146
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