Labour Day is a legal holiday in some parts of the United States, as in New York (the first Monday in September). The banks and government offices are closed, labour is suspended, and the labour organisations parade the streets and hold meetings. In Europe, as a result of the Labour Conference at Berlin in 1890, in many parts of the Continent the 1st of May was to some extent observed as a labour holiday.
Labour Day
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