Victor Irungu

Many people consider Labour Day to be the unofficial end of summer since it coincides with the start of the school year and the return to business as usual for many establishments. The first Monday of September marks Labour Day, a national holiday in Canada. This celebration has a rich industrial history dating back to the Victorian period. In 1874, unions held parades and demonstrations in Toronto and Ottawa to commemorate the end of a strike that had won advances for workers, including the legalization of unions in Canada; this marked the origin of Labour Day as we know it today. The first official Labor Day celebrations in the United States were conducted in 1882 when a New York labor convention inspired other labor groups to do the same. Workers from around the United States and Canada paid attention to the conference, putting pressure on their respective labor governments to make the first Monday in September a national holiday. Labor Day significance Workers in Canada didn't...