Labour Day in Canada Started With Handcuffs, Not Barbecues

Labour Day in Canada began as a demand from jailed union leaders and grew into a national holiday, but the movement that created it has been shrinking for decades. What today reads as a long weekend and a back-to-school marker started as an act of open defiance, back when simply belonging to a union could […] The post Labour Day in Canada Started With Handcuffs, Not Barbecues appeared first on CrispNG.

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Labour Day in Canada Started With Handcuffs, Not Barbecues












Labour Day in Canada began as a demand from jailed union leaders and grew into a national holiday, but the movement that created it has been shrinking for decades. What today reads as a long weekend and a back-to-school marker started as an act of open defiance, back when simply belonging to a union could […]

The post Labour Day in Canada Started With Handcuffs, Not Barbecues appeared first on CrispNG.

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