(https://www.fedex.com/en-us/service-guide/holiday-schedule.html) FedEx ((https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FDX?p=FDX&.tsrc=fin-srch) FDX ) deliveries will stop on
Labor Day as the company's Express, Ground, Home Delivery, Smart Post, Trade Network, and Freight are all closed for the holiday.
As we ease into this
Labor Day weekend, it's worth noting that today, of course, "labor" means something different from what it meant before 1900, when one out of every four organized workers in the U.S.
Online travel agency CheapOair, a provider of affordable flights, has announced its top 10 list of non-traditional destinations in the US for 2019
Labor Day travelers, the company said.
"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be
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The country's first official celebration of
Labor Day, however, was only on May 1, 1913, when 36 labor unions convened a labor congress at Cine Oriente on C.M.
In related developments, police stepped up security preparations in areas where
Labor Day rallies are expected, while labor groups said they will push the wage-hike agenda in those demonstrations, as well as the security of tenure (SOT) bill touted to end the widespread practice of contractualization.
Although the Haymarket affair is not the only iconic labor movement behind May Day or
Labor Day.
Double pay awaits workers who opted to work on
Labor Day, the Department of Labor and Employment said.
International
Labor Day observed in the memory of massacre of laborers when the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937.
The University of Sindh, Jamshoro and its all campuses will remain closed tomorrow (May 1, 2019) on account of International
Labor Day. SU Registrar has also issued a circular in this regard.
Labor unions throughout the country would organize seminars, rallies and walks where union leaders deliver speeches emphasizing the history of
Labor Day and its importance.
Pakistan will observe the
Labor Day on Wednesday along with other nations worldwide.
"This past
Labor Day there was speculation that Nike's Colin Kaepernick ad campaign could lead to a drop in sales.
The Department of Labor and Employment has reminded private employers to give double pay to workers who will report tomorrow,
Labor Day.
