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LABOR DAY FACTS

September 6, 2010

Just some fun trivia about Labor Day!

Just the facts …   • Labor Day is celebrated this year on September 6 and is always the first Monday in September, decreed by President Grover Cleveland. • Canada also celebrates Labor Day. • The first Labor Day was a rally to fight for eight-hour workdays and better working conditions; at the time, in 1882, many people worked up to 16-hour days. • The Autumnal Equinox is on September 23 and marks the time when the center of the sun is level with the equator, meaning there is no tilt to the Earth‘s axis and daylight and nighttime are of approximately equal length.

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