From the U.S. Department of Labor:
"Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day.
The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances
passed during 1885 and 1886. From these, a movement developed to secure
state legislation.
"The first state bill was introduced into the New York State Legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on
February 21, 1887. During the year four more states -- New York, Colorado,
Massachusetts, and New Jersey — created the Labor Day holiday
by legislative enactment.
"By the end of the decade, Connecticut,
Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states
had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that
year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of
each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the
territories."
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