Union Services Access celebrates the American worker

Join us this Labor Day in paying homage to American workers and their hard-won rights to safe, healthy and fair conditions at work.

On Tuesday, September 5, 1882, workers sacrificed a day’s pay  to celebrate the strength and solidarity of trade and labor organizations with the first Labor Day. Organized by Central Labor Union, a coalition of local New York unions, the tradition continued each year in New York until 1885 when the first city ordinance came to declare the day a holiday. In 1887, Oregon was the first state to declare Labor Day a holiday, followed by Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. After 23 states had their own Labor Days, Congress declared the first Monday of September a legal holiday in 1894.

More than 100 years later, Labor Day acts as a reminder of how far America has come in terms of workers’ rights and workplace safety. As a firm dedicated to defending workers’ rights, Labor Day is an especially important holiday to us. We thank our hardworking clients, local unions and referral partners for their steadfast trust is us.

Our offices will be closed Monday, September 7 in honor of the holiday.