'More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters': Meet Lucy Parsons, Unsung Heroine of the Labor Movement
Labor Day does n’t just mark the end of summer , or the first of a new schoolhouse twelvemonth . At least it should n’t . Thisfederal holiday , created in 1894 and set on the first Monday in September , is really a celebration of America ’s workers . It lionize the end of horrid practices such as child lying-in , 12 - hour workdays and unsafe working conditions ....