LABOUR DAY IN UNITED STATES IS AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORKERS. THE LABOUR DAY HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE LABOUR UNION MOVEMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE EIGHT HOUR DAY MOVEMENT, WICH ADVOCATED EIGHT HOURS OF WORK, EIGHT HOURS RECREATION AND EIGHT HOURS OF RESTING.

FOR MANY COUNTRIES LABOUR DAY IS RELATED OR LINKED WITH INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY ON MAY 1. OTHER COUNTRIES CELEBRATING LABOUR DAY ON DIFFERENT DATE AND RELATED WITH SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN THAT COUNTRY. LABOUR DAY IS PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN MANY COUNTRIES. UNITED STATES CELEBRATES THE LABOUR DAY ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER.