Illustration of the first Labor Day parade around Union Square, 1882 Clothing cutters, horseshoers, shoemakers, upholsterers, printers, house painters, freight handlers, cabinet makers, varnishers, cigar makers, bricklayers and piano makers. The first American Labor Day began on September 5, 1882, with 10,000 workers from a wide variety of occupations circling Union Square, then parading up … Continue reading Historic or disappointing? How New York newspapers covered the first Labor Day — September 5, 1882
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