Cornell Note taking Guide:
questions / Details1. When is Labor Day?
2. When did Labor Day Start?
3. How did working conditions influence strikes and rallies?
4. What did unions do to make the working conditions better?
5. When was the first Labor Day parade?
6. How long did it take Congress to legalize the National Holiday?
7. Who started Labor Day?
8. What was the reason for the Pullman Palace Car Company Strike?
9. What did the boycott of the Pullman Railway Cars result in? / · On the first Monday of Sept, we celebrate and honor American workers
· Officially started in 1894
· People worked 12 hr days, 7 days/wk
· Children 5-6 yrs old worked in mines, mills, and factories for a fraction of adult pay
· Unsafe working conditions
· Manufacturing replaced farming as the #1 source of jobs.
· Unions began organizing strikes and rallies
· Unions were trying to have employers agree to better pay and working conditions
· First labor day parade on Sept 5, 1882
· The strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company against wage cuts and firing union representative resulted in the holiday.
· Congress did not legalize the national holiday until 12 years after the first parade.
· Eugene V Debs of the American Railroad Union called for a boycott of Pullman Railway Cars.
· This caused a strike which federal troops were sent to result in riot with deaths of more than a dozen workers.
· the true founder of Labor Day has yet to be identified.
Summary:
1. Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday of September.
2. Labor Day officially started in 1894.
3. Harsh and unsafe working conditions influenced strikes and rallies because people worked 12 hour days, 7 days a week, children as young as 5 years old worked in mills, mines and factories for a fraction of adult pay.
4. Unions began organizing strikes and rallies to have employers agree to better pay and working conditions.
5. First labor day parade on Sept 5, 1882.