Labor Day in a sentence

There’s no Labor Day Bunny or Labor Day dinner or Labor Day presents to be bought.

The Kenton Times will recognize the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Many labor unions have negotiated to have the day off, however, since its proximity to Labor Day (May 1) often allows an extended five-day weekend or two consecutive three-day weekends.

The idea of “Labor Day” was promoted by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor.

Besides being summer’s last blast and a three-day weekend chock full of entertainment and other events, Labor Day means celebrating labor, and gearing up for local elections.

I really looked forward to Labor Day, but I didn’t know why we celebrated Labor Day.

This isn't a Labor Day-exclusive deal, but the price reduction couldn't have come at a better time, and the discount may go away now that Labor Day sales are winding up.

It wasn’t until five years later, in 1887, that New York adopted legislation to recognize Labor Day, despite growing fears that it might represent the spread of socialism, especially because fat-cat capitalists were often the target of Labor Day speakers.

We’re staring down Labor Day weekend, and along with summer’s last gasp, an annual dilemma returns: Should you squeeze in one final camping trip or BBQ blowout, or hit the streets to land some of those sweet, sweet Labor Day weekend sales?

Sex workers and allies at a rally demanding sex work be recognized as work under government labor rules, on the eve of International Labor Day, in Kolkata, India, April 30, 2022.

The very origins of Labor Day grew out of the Pullman strike of 1894, a conciliatory gesture to the labor movement made by President Grover Cleveland and Congress after the strike ended.

Tom Farkas, the communications and training coordinator for the Maine Service Employees Association, hangs a banner during the Central Maine Labor Council Labor Day BBQ in Skowhegan on Sunday.

Maguire, who ran for vice president on the Socialist Labor Party ticket in 1896, may have been pushed aside because his political beliefs were deemed too radical to be associated with Labor Day, Mr. Collins said.

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks with local residents at the Hawkeye Area Labor Council Labor Day Picnic, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Some say Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was the founder of Labor Day.

Other tried-and-true methods include waiting for holiday weekends, like Memorial Day, Presidents’ Day and Labor Day.

I could never keep labor day and memorial day straight when I was a kid until I realized "maymemorial" day.

Additional movie days will be added throughout the summer, including Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day.

Smith is also accused of participating in Murdaugh’s Labor Day 2021 attempt to stage his death on the side of a rural Hampton County road the day after Murdaugh’s law partners confronted him about stealing money.

The Democratic state representative from Philadelphia is proposing legislation that requires schools to begin their school year no earlier than the day after Labor Day.