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Labor Day came in hot this year, with triple-digit heat across Sacramento and dozens flocking to the river to stay cool. Hydration was key this holiday weekend on the American River with an alcohol ...

Toward the end of the year, there aren't many days off to look forward to aside from the weekends, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. As August comes to a close, there is still one federal holiday employees ...

Most of the world observes International Workers’ Day on May 1 or the first Monday in May each year, but not the United States and Canada. Instead, Americans and Canadians have celebrated Labor Day as ...

With students back in school and pumpkin-flavored treats returning to menus, the end of summer, unofficially marked by Labor Day, is here. During the three-day Labor Day weekend, many Americans will ...

The nation was in a pivotal moment in 1894 when Labor Day was established as a federal holiday. Coming just three decades from slavery’s abolishment, Labor Day represented a key American paradox: Even ...

As we headed into one of our last three-day weekends of the year, it was a good time to reflect on both the history and current traditions of Labor Day. Typically considered the “unofficial end of ...

The first Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, by the Central Labor Union. They celebrated again a year later, but this was long before it became a national holiday.

Labor Day is more than a long weekend and a day off work. It is a pro-freedom, pro-capitalist, pro-entrepreneurial, and pro-American holiday. On this Labor Day, we again have a president — and ...

Thousands of union members participated in marches, rallies and picnics on Labor Day throughout the Los Angeles region and across the country. They criticized Trump administration moves that have ...