Americans should take more time off work http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34123906
B > On 7 Sep 2015, at 17:42, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > As a kid, I've learned that the International Workers Day (or "the > international day of solidarity of workers"), aka May 1, was inspired by the > Chicago events (Haymarket affair) of 1886. > But until this morning (when I heard a history snippet on PBS radio), I was > unaware that the Labor Day in September is actually related to the same > events but was purposedly established in September to "detangle" from them ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day ). > > > One of the idiosyn... pecularities of Texas A&M University is that > the Labor Day is not a day off. I don't know how it happened, but I wonder if > that was from some type of disagreement with Pres. Cleveland or labor > movement in the country. > > > Igor > > >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Knarf wrote: >> >> I celebrate both! International Workers Day (May Day) and Labour Day are >> both worth recognizing. >> >> I have to admit, as May 1 is a, "celebration of laborers and the working >> classes that is promoted by the international labor movement, anarchists, >> socialists, and communists," (Wikipedia) I'm kind of partial to that. But >> North American Labour Day (first Monday in September) works too! >> >> Happy Labour Day! >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >>> On 7 September, 2015 11:57:08 AM EDT, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Happy Labor Day whether you celebrate it in May or September. >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
