Labor Day Started In What Year

Labor Day Started In What Year. 5, 1882—more than a decade before labor day became a national holiday—and was. At its core, the day is meant to celebrate the common worker.

The history of labor day starts with the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. Labor day was first celebrated unofficially by labor activists and individual states in the late 1800s, according to the us department of labor.