Happy Labor Day!

This morning I thought to myself "should I say Happy Labor day? is it appropriate to include happy in labor day?" then I asked my brother about it, then he said " There's nothing to celebrate about labor day" then I said " Why? it's your day after all." Then I remembered that my brother doesn't have any holidays well except for Christmas and New Years. But still my brother should be happy about labor day right? cause' the whole world is rejoicing the effort and the perseverance of each and every worker. Well enough for the pessimism of my brother. Let's just talk about the Labor day. 

As what I have said, Labor day is to celebrate the achievements of workers. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries (according to Wikipedia). The whole world is celebrating for your hard work, can't you feel any fulfillment/satisfaction? Well if I have a job, a real job, I would treat this event as important as Christmas because I think each of the hard workers out there deserves to be known and to be appreciated even for a day. Right? 

The funny thing about this blog of mine today is that while I was researching for some useful information about the Labor day,  I came across to this movie entitled Labor Day (that was too obvious?!?) staring Kate Winslet etc. I honestly don't know the movie, not even familiar with it, so for those of you who is curious about the movie should watch it and hey tell me all about it (*smiley) 

Back to Labor day. 

To give you a little bit of history about Labor day, Let me first ask you who celebrated the first labor day in United States? 

Labor unions themselves. Labor union is an organization of workers who gathered together to achieve common goals such as achieving higher pay, increasing the number of employees an employer hires and lastly, for a better working condition. 

When and where did they start celebrating Labor day as a national holiday?

They started celebrating Labor day as a national holiday since 1894. The first Labor day parade occurred on September 5, 1882 in New York City. 

Who came up with this wonderful idea of Labor day? 

Most historians credit Peter McGuire, a general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor. McGuire's idea was to give a day for workers to show their morale or team spirit. while other historians credit Matthew Maguire. 

With this basic information about Labor Day, I hoped that you have learned something from me today. 

Happy Labor Day!

Cheers!