3. The Idea of Labor Day: McGuire vs Maguire
There is some debate about who came up with the idea of Labor Day as a holiday. Peter J. McGuire, a carpenter, was the co-founder and Vice President of the American Federation of Labor. In the spring of 1882, he proposed a holiday on the first Monday in September that would kick off with a march, a street parade, and a public picnic. Under his plan, local unions would sell tickets to the event to raise funds for the organizations. Matthew Maguire, a machinist by trade and the secretary of the Central Labor Union of New York, also suggested a Labor Day holiday on the first Monday of each September.
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