KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — While Labor Day celebrations now feature cookouts and weekend trips, the original holiday began following the Industrial Revolution with labor workers fighting to unionize ...
Local officials and presidential candidates mingled with union members, their families and supporters at the annual Hawkeye Area Labor Council Labor Day Picnic at Hawkeye Downs Speedway and Expo ...
He arrived at the coal mines, textile mills and industrial factories dressed in a three-piece suit. He wooed those in charge, asking to be let in. He was just a humble Bible salesman, he claimed, who ...
Tennessee passed a child-labor law in 1901. Prohibiting mines and factories from employing children under the age of 14, the law was dependent upon the courts for enforcement, since the state had no ...
For many middle-class Americans, Labor Day plans might include eating hot dogs, grilling food, and visiting with friends and family. But low-key holiday plans can't hold a candle to the Kardashian ...
Even as the pandemic continues to alter our work and education patterns, Labor Day still serves as marker of the transition from one season to the next. It began as a day of celebration of the ...
A big crowd lined the streets of Pen Argyl on Monday for the borough’s 89th annual Labor Day parade. Candidates were also on hand campaigning, including Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick ...
Tennessee passed a child labor law in 1901. Prohibiting mines and factories from employing children under the age of 14, the law was dependent upon the courts for enforcement since the state had no ...
He arrived at the coal mines, textile mills and industrial factories dressed in a three-piece suit. He wooed those in charge, asking to be let in. He was just a humble Bible salesman, he claimed, who ...