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Labor Day Trivia
by Selya Rollins Creative Imagery
Selya Rollins 
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A great day in honor of workers, Labor Day is a classic American holiday
always the first Monday in September. This special day dedicated to all
those who work for a living.
What strike led to Labor Day becoming a national holiday?
A.The Pullman Strike
B.The Steelworkers strike
C.The Rolling Mills strike
D.The Lawrence Strikes
Sep 2nd 2007 08:37
Creative ImageryEnjoy it Everyone!
A great day in honor of workers, Labor Day is a classic American holiday
always the first Monday in September. This special day dedicated to all
those who work for a living.
What strike led to Labor Day becoming a national holiday?
A.The Pullman Strike
B.The Steelworkers strike
C.The Rolling Mills strike
D.The Lawrence Strikes
Sep 2nd 2007 08:37
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The Pullman Strike
I had to chase this one down.
In 1893, New York City workers took an unpaid day off and marched around Union Square in support of a national Labor Day.
The following year, 12,000 federal troops were called into Pullman, Ill., to break up a huge strike against the Pullman railway company and two workers were shot and killed by U.S. deputy marshals.
In what most historians call an election-year attempt to appease workers after the federal crackdown on the Pullman strike, shortly after the strike was broken, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation making the first Monday in September Labor Day and a federal holiday.
Cleveland lost the election.
Sep 2nd 2007 09:58