Brutus, you should say the following: Good question son. There were serious discussions at the time as to what to call the day, AND Rest Day was in fact considered. Some states had already enacted the holiday prior to it becoming a Federal Holiday and had called it Labor Day. However, to settle the name controversy, they put all the names in one hat; President Grover Cleveland picked out Labor Day and there you have it. A Fib mixed with truth is always a better way to handle a question like that….
Labor Day is to recognized those that get the work done that matters. Not sure why offices are closed on Labor Day. :P
A CEO could take a year off, no one would really notice. If all the delivery people and truck drivers took a week off, everyone would notice. OK, it would probably only take two or three days.
So many places are open on Labor Day now so it’s not that big of a holiday. I worked shift-work for years and weekends and holidays were just another day.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago
It’s Wilberforce question following the Liberalist logic?
oldpine52 over 3 years ago
I always thought labor day should be the only day of the year you had to work.
LookingGlass Premium Member over 3 years ago
Because calling it “rest day” would become too ephemeral!!
(O _ O)
GROG Premium Member over 3 years ago
Tell that to the retail and shift workers.
jmworacle over 3 years ago
From the mouth of a child.
dlkrueger33 over 3 years ago
I always wondered that, even as a child!
Chris over 3 years ago
why don’t you ask the geniuses that came up with it… but that does sound like a good idea.
Sportymonk over 3 years ago
For retail workers it is “All Hands on Deck” day. EVERYBODY WORKS!
nosirrom over 3 years ago
Because it’s celebrated on a Monday, not Sunday.
tcumming over 3 years ago
I thought it was a holiday to celebrate all the pain we put our moms through to give us this wonderful life … Thanks Mom
saltylife16 over 3 years ago
Brutus, we want an answer.
Gandalf over 3 years ago
Those were called weekends, until the coming of hand-held computers/phones.
Michael G. over 3 years ago
All the others are the “rest”, young Wil!
CorkLock over 3 years ago
CorkLock over 3 years ago
I had a SON born on LABOR DAY. Sept 2 that year.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
Brutus, you should say the following: Good question son. There were serious discussions at the time as to what to call the day, AND Rest Day was in fact considered. Some states had already enacted the holiday prior to it becoming a Federal Holiday and had called it Labor Day. However, to settle the name controversy, they put all the names in one hat; President Grover Cleveland picked out Labor Day and there you have it. A Fib mixed with truth is always a better way to handle a question like that….
GiantShetlandPony over 3 years ago
Labor Day is to recognized those that get the work done that matters. Not sure why offices are closed on Labor Day. :P
A CEO could take a year off, no one would really notice. If all the delivery people and truck drivers took a week off, everyone would notice. OK, it would probably only take two or three days.
paranormal over 3 years ago
So many places are open on Labor Day now so it’s not that big of a holiday. I worked shift-work for years and weekends and holidays were just another day.
cuzinron47 over 3 years ago
There’s no honor in rest day.
Buckeye67 over 3 years ago
It very rarely happens, but in this instance Wilberforce is guilty of over thinking something.
timbob2313 Premium Member over 3 years ago
point
wjones over 3 years ago
I liked working on labor day. Triple pay.
RetFor over 3 years ago
That’s called the sabbath…
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
on rest day you could feel free to use the rest room…
tauyen over 3 years ago
It really should have been called ‘Workers Day’