五一勞動節英語

The History of Labor Day

Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country, said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man‘s prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation.

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country.

Founder of Labor Day

More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.

Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.

But Peter McGuire‘s place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.

The First Labor Day

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, l883.

In l884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a workingmen‘s holiday on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in l885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.

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勞動節祝福短信

春風一陣，托白云帶去我對你真摯的問候。勞動節假期里，我要你放飛心靈的風箏，把勞累拋在九霄。看看云，看看天，快樂蕩漾嘴角邊，玩得盡興在假期。

春風喜迎勞動節，舒展眉頭度五一，繁忙工作終得歇，勞累之余開心些，帶薪長假心歡喜，盡享回報笑嘻嘻，雙手裝扮新世界，終有后人來感謝!

春風喜迎勞動節，假期之余開心些，歡聲笑語快樂些，心情放松健康些，天倫之樂多享些，煩惱憂愁多拋些，五一勞動節祝福些，吉祥如意逍遙些。

春風飄動的，是勞動的希望;春雨滋潤的，是勞動的夢想;春光照耀的是，勞動的歡笑。春天策劃，我所導演的，是勞動節的祝愿，祝你輕松快樂，五一開心!

春風吹來勞動節，忙忙碌碌要停歇，生活就要開心些，給你思念不枯竭，祝福擁有新世界，快樂伴你不換屆，幸福陪你永不謝。

窗外春光明媚，風兒令花陶醉，五一祝福要傳遞：一祝健康身體好，二祝快樂沒煩惱，三祝升職步步高，四祝發財變闊佬，五祝好運跟你跑。祝福已經發送!

穿上幸福皮鞋，將煩惱一腳踢飛;踏上快樂大道，將壓力踩在腳下;緊跟歡樂的足跡，拒絕不快的跟隨。五一勞動節，祝你盡情娛樂，享受美好的時刻。

鋤禾日當午，五一不辛苦，誰知工作難，分分皆辛苦，盼來勞動節，終于歇一歇，邀來親朋聚，心中苦悶嘮。五一勞動節愿你煩惱拋，幸福繞，心情好。

出行時別忘了帶上快樂，相聚時別忘了帶上歡樂，勞動時別忘了帶上喜悅，聚餐時別忘了帶上錢包，五一到別忘了接收祝福，愿你五一勞動節開心無限，幸福無窮。

憧憬著明天的歡樂，輕輕的向你問候，狠狠地把你思念，用我纏綿的柔情、奔放的感情、熾誠的熱情、真摯的友情、愉快的心情，動情的祝你：五一節快樂!