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, 1883.
By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law designating the first Monday in September each year as a national holiday.
This month’s APWU Live is all about you and your questions.
There’s a lot coming at postal workers right now. Every week seems to bring another headline about the Postal Service. What’s happening with the Postmaster General? Where is the Postal Service headed? What does a change in Washington mean for your job? How can you make more money? And with so many opinions and hot takes flying around, who should you actually listen to?
So this month’s APWU Live is putting the spotlight where it belongs: on you and your questions.
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m ET / 4 p.m. PT, National President Jonathan Smith and other APWU national officers will go straight into the questions postal workers are asking right now.
For the first time, APWU Live will feature video and audio questions submitted directly by postal workers. Your question could be played live on the broadcast and answered by APWU national officers.
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