Have We Forgotten the True Meaning of Labor Day?_我的网站
A | 2026年8月23日，第五人格IVL夏季赛总决赛第四轮的比赛开始。
Labor Day is a U.S. national holiday held the first Monday every September. Unlike most U.S. holidays, it is a strange celebration without rituals, except for shopping and barbecuing. For most people it simply marks the last weekend of summer and the start of the school year.
The holiday’s founders in the late 1800s envisioned something very different from what the day has become. The founders were looking for two things: a means of unifying union workers and a reduction in work time.
The first Labor Day occurred in 1882 in New York City under the direction of that city’s Central Labor Union.
In the 1800s, unions covered only a small fraction of workers and were balkanized and relatively weak. The goal of organizations like the Central Labor Union and more modern-day counterparts like the AFL-CIO was to bring many small unions together to achieve a critical mass and power. The organizers of the first Labor Day were interested in creating an event that brought different types of workers together to meet each other and recognize their common interests.
However, the organizers had a large problem: No government or company recognized the first Monday in September as a day off work. The issue was solved temporarily by declaring a one-day strike in the city. All striking workers were expected to march in a parade and then eat and drink at a giant picnic afterwards.
Why was Labor Day invented?
Labor Day came about because workers felt they were spending too many hours and days on the job.
In the 1830s, manufacturing workers were putting in 70-hour weeks on average. Sixty years later, in 1890, hours of work had dropped, although the average manufacturing worker still toiled in a factory 60 hours a week.
These long working hours caused many union organizers to focus on winning a shorter eight-hour work day. They also focused on getting workers more days off, such as the Labor Day holiday, and reducing the workweek to just six days.
These early organizers clearly won since the most recent data show that the average person working in manufacturing is employed for a bit over 40 hours a week and most people work only five days a week.
As the U.S. economy expanded beyond farming and basic manufacturing in the late 1800s and early 1900s, it became important for businesses to find consumers interested in buying the products and services being produced in ever greater amounts. Shortening the work week was one way of turning the working class into the consuming class.
The common misconception is that since Labor Day is a national holiday, everyone gets the day off. Nothing could be further from the truth.
While the first Labor Day was created by striking, the idea of a special holiday for workers was easy for politicians to support. It was easy because proclaiming a holiday, like Mother’s Day, costs legislators nothing and benefits them by currying favor with voters. In 1887, Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey all declared a special legal holiday in September to celebrate workers.
Within 12 years, half the states in the country recognized Labor Day as a holiday. It became a national holiday in June 1894 when President Grover Cleveland signed the Labor Day bill into law. While most people interpreted this as recognizing the day as a national vacation, Congress’ proclamation covers only federal employees. It is up to each state to declare its own legal holidays.
Moreover, proclaiming any day an official holiday means little, as an official holiday does not require private employers and even some government agencies to give their workers the day off. Many stores are open on Labor Day. Essential government services in protection and transportation continue to function, and even less essential programs like national parks are open. Because not everyone is given time off on Labor Day, union workers as recently as the 1930s were being urged to stage one-day strikes if their employer refused to give them the day off.
In the president’s annual Labor Day declaration last year, Obama encouraged Americans “to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities that honor the contributions and resilience of working Americans.”
The proclamation, however, does not officially declare that anyone gets time off.
Controversy: Militants and founders
Today most people in the U.S. think of Labor Day as a noncontroversial holiday.
The first controversy that people fought over was how militant workers should act on a day designed to honor workers. Communist, Marxist and socialist members of the trade union movement supported May 1 as an international day of demonstrations, street protests and even violence, which continues even today.
More moderate trade union members, however, advocated for a September Labor Day of parades and picnics. In the U.S., picnics, instead of street protests, won the day.
There is also dispute over who suggested the idea. The earliest history from the mid-1930s credits Peter J. McGuire, who founded the New York City Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, in 1881 with suggesting a date that would fall “nearly midway between the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving” that “would publicly show the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations.”
Later scholarship from the early 1970s makes an excellent case that Matthew Maguire, a representative from the Machinists Union, actually was the founder of Labor Day. However, because Matthew Maguire was seen as too radical, the more moderate Peter McGuire was given the credit.
Who actually came up with the idea will likely never be known, but you can vote online here to express your view.
Have we lost the spirit of Labor Day?
Today Labor Day is no longer about trade unionists marching down the street with banners and their tools of trade. Instead, it is a confused holiday with no associated rituals.
The original holiday was meant to handle a problem of long working hours and no time off. Although the battle over these issues would seem to have been won long ago, this issue is starting to come back with a vengeance, not for manufacturing workers but for highly skilled white-collar workers, many of whom are constantly connected to work.
If you work all the time and never really take a vacation, start a new ritual that honors the original spirit of Labor Day. Give yourself the day off. Don’t go in to work. Shut off your phone, computer and other electronic devices connecting you to your daily grind. Then go to a barbecue, like the original participants did over a century ago, and celebrate having at least one day off from work during the year!
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B | 在当天的比赛中， ACT以2胜2平1负的战绩（25:16）击败了FPX.ZQ，以下是本场比赛战报。第一局比赛上半轮：FPX.ZQ求生者对阵ACT监管者FPX.ZQ的求生者选择了弓箭手、飞行家、教授、大副；ACT的监管者zz9选择了“跛脚羊”。（BAN古董商、木偶师、咒术师、祭司）开局“跛脚羊”选择追击弓箭手，并将其击倒送椅。守椅战中大副和教授轮流救下弓箭手，紧接着弓箭手被击倒淘汰。中期“跛脚羊”追击飞行家未果利用传送追击教授，教授牵制至密码机破译完毕。在开门战中“跛脚羊”击倒教授，完成二抓。第一局比赛上半轮双方以2:2的比分打平。
C | 第一局比赛下半轮：ACT求生者对阵FPX.ZQ监管者ACT的求生者选择了守墓人、弓箭手、教授、祭司；FPX.ZQ的监管者DongX选择了“女王蜂”。（BAN飞行家、“逃脱大师”、气象学家、咒术师）开局“女王蜂”选择追击祭司，并将其快速击倒送椅。
D | 守椅战中，守墓人和教授轮流救下祭司，下椅的祭司被击倒挂飞。中期“女王蜂”将弓箭手击倒送椅，求生者将密码机破译完毕。开门战中教授救下弓箭手后被击倒送椅，最终“女王蜂”击倒守墓人，完成三抓。
E | 第一局比赛下半轮FPX.ZQ以3:1的比分领先。
F | 第二局比赛上半轮：FPX.ZQ求生者对阵ACT监管者FPX.ZQ的求生者选择了古董商、魔术师、气象学家、佣兵（BAN“女王蜂”）；ACT的监管者zz9选择了时空之影。（BAN幻灯师、空军、幸运儿、“心理学家”）开局时空之影选择追击古董商，并将其击倒送椅。守椅战中佣兵和气象学家轮流救下古董商，下椅的古董商被击倒淘汰。中期时空之影选择控场，双方经过一段时间的拉扯，魔术师被击倒淘汰。
G | 随后求生者将密码机破译完毕。开门战中时空之影淘汰气象学家。佣兵通过地窖逃生，监管者完成三抓。第二局比赛上半轮ACT以3:1的比分领先。第二局比赛下半轮：ACT求生者对阵FPX.ZQ监管者ACT的求生者选择了园丁、前锋、飞行家、医生（BAN歌剧演员）；FPX.ZQ的监管者DongX选择了蜡像师。（BAN佣兵、幻灯师、气象学家、病患）开局蜡像师选择追击园丁，并将其击倒送椅。守椅战中飞行家和前锋轮流救下园丁，下椅的园丁被击倒挂飞。不久后求生者将密码机破译完毕。开门战中蜡像师击倒医生，双方完成平局。第二局比赛下半轮双方以2:2的比分打平。第三局比赛上半轮：ACT求生者对阵FPX.ZQ监管者ACT的求生者选择了大副、古董商、木偶师、“法罗女士”（BAN“台球手”、梦之女巫）；FPX.ZQ的监管者DongX选择了歌剧演员。（BAN先知、佣兵、“心理学家”、幻灯师）开局歌剧演员选择追击大副，并将其快速击倒送椅。守椅战中古董商和木偶师轮流救下大副，下椅的大副被击倒淘汰。中期歌剧演员切换传送选择控场，不久后求生者将密码机破译完毕。在开门战中歌剧演员击倒木偶师，双方完成平局。第三局比赛上半轮双方以2:2的比分打平。第三局比赛下半轮：FPX.ZQ求生者对阵ACT监管者FPX.ZQ的求生者选择了空军、先知、幻灯师、守墓人（BAN“女王蜂”、歌剧演员）；ACT的监管者zz9选择了蜡像师。
H | （BAN医生、祭司、前锋、幸运儿）开局蜡像师选择追击先知，并将其击倒送椅。守椅战中，空军和守墓人轮流救下先知，先知牵制至密码机破译完毕。
I | 在开门战中蜡像师淘汰空军，双方完成平局。第三局比赛下半轮双方以2:2的比分打平。第四局比赛上半轮：ACT求生者对阵FPX.ZQ监管者ACT的求生者选择了野人、咒术师、斗牛士、火灾调查员（BAN“台球手”、梦之女巫）；FPX.ZQ的监管者DongX选择了鹿头。（BAN先知、“心理学家”、气象学家、幻灯师）开局鹿头选择追击火灾调查员，并将其快速击倒送椅。守椅战中，野人和咒术师轮流救下火灾调查员，紧接着火灾调查员被击倒挂飞。
L | 第四局比赛下半轮：FPX.ZQ求生者对阵ACT监管者FPX.ZQ的求生者选择了幸运儿、木偶师、机械师、“心理学家”（BAN“台球手”、“女王蜂”）；ACT的监管者zz9选择了梦之女巫。（BAN医生、前锋、勘探员、“逃脱大师”）开局梦之女巫选择追击机械师，并将其快速击倒送椅。守椅战中求生者放弃救援，机械师被淘汰。中期梦之女巫将“心理学家”快速击倒送椅。
M | 木偶师和幸运儿轮流救下“心理学家”，随后求生者将密码机破译完毕。在开门战中，梦之女巫依次击倒“心理学家”和幸运儿，完成三抓。第四局比赛下半轮ACT以3:1的比分领先。第五局比赛上半轮：ACT求生者对阵FPX.ZQ监管者ACT的求生者选择了佣兵、“心理学家”、杂技演员、气象学家（BAN“跛脚羊”、“台球手”）；FPX.ZQ的监管者DongX选择了时空之影。（BAN先知、幻灯师、入殓师、幸运儿）开局时空之影选择追击气象学家，并将其击倒送椅。守椅战中，“心理学家”和佣兵轮流救下气象学家，时空之影选择将“心理学家”击倒送椅。佣兵救下“心理学家”后被击倒送椅，同时气象学家被击倒挂淘汰。
N | 中期杂技演员救下佣兵，求生者将密码机破译完毕。在开门战中求生者完成三跑。
o | 第五局比赛上半轮ACT以3:1的比分领先。第五局比赛下半轮：FPX.ZQ求生者对阵ACT监管者FPX.ZQ的求生者选择了勘探员、拉拉队员、小说家、哭泣小丑（BAN歌剧演员、“女王蜂”）；ACT的监管者zz9选择了“台球手”。
p | （BAN前锋、祭司、医生、斗牛士）开局“台球手”选择追击勘探员，并将其击倒送椅。守椅战中拉拉队员和小说家轮流救下勘探员，下椅的勘探员被击倒淘汰。中期双方经过一段时间的拉扯，“台球手”逐个击破剩余求生者，完成四抓。第五局下半轮ACT以5:0的比分获胜。最终，ACT以2胜2平1负（25:16）的比分击败FPX.ZQ，获得本场比赛的胜利。
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