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.
Read more about Labour Day: International Workers' Day, Australia, Canada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
Famous quotes containing the words labour and/or day:
““To be born woman is to know—
Although they do not talk of it at school—
That we must labour to be beautiful.””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“We made a day of it out of the world,
Ascending to descend to reascend.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)