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Labor Day

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, Sep 4, 2017.

  1. Melody Bot Sep 4, 2017
    Melody Bot

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    This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

    Today is Labor Day, so we’ll be on a more relaxed posting schedule. I’ve always enjoyed this Ezra Klein piece, from 2014, on Labor Day:


    Labor Day is a day of rest that commemorates years of war. Congress inaugurated the holiday just days after President Grover Cleveland sent 12,000 federal troops to break the Pullman strike. The tactics were bloody; US deputy marshals killed two men and wounded many more.

    That was 1894, an election year. Cleveland needed a way to win workers back to his side. He saw an opportunity in a federal holiday honoring workers — as well as organized labor.
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