{"id":1157,"date":"2012-08-30T14:59:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T18:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dca\/?p=640"},"modified":"2012-08-30T14:59:38","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T18:59:38","slug":"labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dca\/2012\/08\/30\/labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>LABOR DAY HISTORY AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A New York City carpenter named Peter McGuire is credited for coming up the idea for Labor Day. In 1872, after working many long hours under poor conditions, McGuire rallied 100,000 workers to go on strike. The workers marched through the streets of New York City, demanding a better work environment.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>McGuire spent a decade fighting for worker&#8217;s rights. In 1882, he proposed the idea to create a special holiday for workers. On Tuesday, September 5, 1882, more than 10,000 workers hit the streets of New York City for the first ever Labor Day parade. Two years later the celebration was moved to the first Monday in September. And in 1894, Congress passed a law making Labor Day a national holiday. Au pairs and host families can find labor day activities includes crafts, word searches and coloring pages here<\/strong> <a title=\"http:\/\/www.apples4theteacher.com\/holidays\/labor-day\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apples4theteacher.com\/holidays\/labor-day\/\">http:\/\/www.apples4theteacher.com\/holidays\/labor-day\/<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcx9LHVrc2xSrEz-0TyG167yOXgW1PQr89DieZMpkgePqRU-cxvg:graphics.comments.funmunch.com\/holidays\/labor-day\/labor-day-comment-005.gif\" alt=\"Labor Day Comments\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LABOR DAY HISTORY AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN A New York City carpenter named Peter McGuire is credited for coming up the idea for Labor Day. In 1872, after working many long hours under poor conditions, McGuire rallied 100,000 workers to go on strike. The workers marched through the streets of New York City, demanding a  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dca\/2012\/08\/30\/labor-day\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Labor Day - Judit &amp; Michelle&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Labor Day - Judit &amp; Michelle&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LABOR DAY HISTORY AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN A New York City carpenter named Peter McGuire is credited for coming up the idea for Labor Day. 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