Labor Day

Learning Target: I will explain the origins and significance of Labor Day.

Labor Day Links

https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Labor-Day/2416 Sep 5, 2023 "Labor Day, in the United States and Canada, holiday (first Monday in September) honouring workers and recognizing their contributions to society. In many other countries May Day serves a similar purpose." Britannica School

https://www.dol.gov/general/laborday/history Sep 5, 2023 "Observed the first Monday in September, Labor Day is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being." United States Department of Labor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmPE2HtkyU Aug 30, 2013 In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City's Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked during the Industrial Revolution. Kenneth C. Davis illustrates the history of Labor Day from Union Square to today. Lesson by Kenneth C. Davis, animation by TED-Ed. TEDEd View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-americans-and-canadians-celebrate-labor-day-kenneth-c-davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcNRr0sDM3A Sep 4, 2020 Labor Day History: Labor Day is a day to honor America's workforce and their contribution to the building of the nation. The holiday however has a surprisingly violent history.
Questions below: 1. What is a union? 2. Where did the Haymarket Riot take place? 3. The first Labor Day parade took place in what year? 4. What U.S. President officially made Labor Day a federal holiday? 5. Why do you believe it took the Pullman Strike before the federal government would recognize Labor Day? The Daily Bellringer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPhLKARAve4 Sep 3, 2010 The bloody Pullman strike in 1894 spurred the national holiday that recognizes American workers. CNN Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J88EogDKIQ Aug 29, 2022 Learn about the origin of the only federal holiday dedicated to honoring and recognizing America's workers. Visit www.dol.gov/LaborDay for more. USDepartmentofLabor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJamea576YY Sep 10, 2010 While you take your three day weekend, remember those who struggled to get Friday and Saturday off. HISTORY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewu-v36szlE Sep 26, 2017 Analyze the impact of the labor movement in America throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. HISTORY

After watching these videos, explain the origins and significance of Labor Day.

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-americans-and-canadians-celebrate-labor-day-kenneth-c-davis#digdeeper
Labor Day is celebrated in America and Canada on the first Monday in:
The first American Labor Day was celebrated in which city:
Many countries celebrate International Workers Day on:
The American President who signed Labor Day into law in 1894 was:
The American federal law ending child labor was signed into law in 1938 by President:
List three changes that happened as a result of Labor Day.

Questions:

1. What is a union?

2. Where did the Haymarket Riot take place?

3. The first Labor Day parade took place in what year?

4. What U.S. President officially made Labor Day a federal holiday?

5. Why do you believe it took the Pullman Strike before the federal government would recognize Labor Day?

https://www.state.gov/what-is-modern-slavery/#forced May 16, 2023 "Forced labor, sometimes also referred to as labor trafficking, encompasses the range of activities—recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining—involved when a person uses force or physical threats, psychological coercion, abuse of the legal process, deception, or other coercive means to compel someone to work. Once a person’s labor is exploited by such means, the person’s prior consent to work for an employer is legally irrelevant: the employer is a trafficker and the employee a trafficking victim. Migrants are particularly vulnerable to this form of human trafficking, but individuals also may be forced into labor in their own countries." U.S. Department of State

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBf58FjxJmk Mar 5, 2018 A CBS News investigation finds we could still be carrying electronics that contain the product of child labor. A report by Amnesty International two years ago first uncovered that children were mining the mineral cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It ended up in products of dozens of companies including Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and Samsung. Debora Patta reports. CBS This Morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJ8me22NVs Feb 27, 2017 It is an essential part of most mobile gadgets sold around the world and demand for cobalt is soaring. But the process of extracting the mineral from the earth comes at a huge human cost. A Sky News investigation has found children as young as four working in dangerous and squalid conditions in Cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for as little as 8p a day. Sky's special correspondent Alex Crawford reports. Sky News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAOypGQdzGU Apr 5, 2023 Entire families in Pakistan work dangerous jobs at brick kilns to pay off snowballing debts to kiln owners. Workers don't have bank accounts and make so little they have to keep borrowing just to get by. Many viewers have asked us how they can help the Meghwar family, featured in our documentary. The Green Bricks Foundation is raising money for them and plans on building a school for children in Azad Nagar. https://greenbricksfoundation.com Insider News