Labour Day (Labor Day in the USA) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.
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Famous quotes containing the words labour and/or day:
“Let no one till his death
Be called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the day’s out and the labour done.”
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
“The whole of the day should not be daytime; there should be one hour, if not more, which the day did not bring forth.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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