It was first nationally recognized in 1894 to placate unionists following the Pullman Strike.
With the decline in union membership, the holiday is generally viewed as a time for barbeques and the end of Summer vacations.
Due to a lack of "worker" participants, the Labor Day Parade this year will actually be held in Honche, China, the area that received most of the jobs from the USA. Harry Pertcowski, Parade Organizer stated, "Hey we put out a call for workers that could afford to come to New York and participate and no one replied except six prostitutes from Nevada and some guy from Peoria who said he "makes sawdust from wood" and sells it to guys thats got workshops but are afraid to use the machines, who ever heard of that?" He further stated that many towns in China offered to sponsor gigantic parades, "And a few from India, and some countries I couldn't even pronounce."
