Labor Day Trivia Questions

Canada’s Labour Day also falls on the first Monday of September, sharing the same origin in the labor movement of the 1870s.

While many retail and service workers do work, most office and government jobs are closed. Only about 40% of private-sector employees get a paid day off.

The etiquette rule stemmed from 19th-century high society: white clothes were for summer leisure, and Labor Day signaled the return to city life and darker attire.

The first Labor Day parade was on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City. Monday became standard after 1884, following a union recommendation.

The NFL typically starts its regular season the Thursday after Labor Day, not on the holiday itself, though the weekend has games.

Peter J. McGuire, co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, proposed a holiday for workers in 1882, though some credit machinist Matthew Maguire.

While some states adopted it earlier, Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894—12 years after the first parade.

Oregon passed the first state law making Labor Day a legal holiday on February 21, 1887—months before any other state.