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Do you have Labour Day where you live?

Posted by Myraaso • 8/30/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: holiday, labour day

I live in Canada, and our Labour Day is September 7. Do you have Labour Day where you live and is it called that or something else?

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8/30/09

Hels

Labour Day commemorates the granting of the eight-hour working day to Australian workers, after they battled the colonial parliaments for decent working conditions. The day is also supposed to recognises workers’ contributions towards the nation’s economy, but I can’t see how that happens. Largely, only union buildings mark the true historical events.

The annual public holiday in my state (Victoria) is in early March, so typically there is a Moomba street parade in the morning and an afternoon at the beach or sporting activity.

Christmas and Easter tend to exclude non-Christians, Cup Day is about horse racing (which I dislike) and Armistice Day is a bit too militaristic for me, so Labour Day is my absolute favourite public holiday.

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8/31/09

seername

My country labour day is 1st May.

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1. 8/31/09
  
  Theresa111
  
  That's my brother's HBDay!
8/31/09

Theresa111

We celebrate this year on September 7th. it is marking the end of summer fun and the closing of the swimming pools, the ids return to school.

I have a labor day everyday I am forever working in one capacity or another.

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8/31/09

PetLvr

Ditto .. Canadian here..

It's quite annoying when our anniversary (august 31) falls on a day other than Friday thru Sunday .. and have to wait until the first Monday to have a long weekend, in case we want to get away. You can get away if the 31st falls on a Thursday, and take a super long weekend, but can't do that this week.

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