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What Labor Day Really Means: The History Behind America’s Workers’ Holiday

Labor Day is more than the unofficial end of summer. Its history runs through workers’ marches, the eight-hour movement, bitter labor conflicts and a changing American workplace. Here’s what the holiday actually commemorates.