Depends on the country you compare with and the employer because they have holidays like juneteenth that not all businesses observe in addition to the main ones that everyone does.
The one thing they do better than some other countries is that for most holidays, if it falls on a weekend, you get Friday or Monday off. Not all countries do this so you can fall below the US in total amount of paid holidays even if you have more nominally.
They get absolutely shafted with vacation days compared to everyone else though, no competition there.
Labor Day parade was first held in 1882. The Haymarket massacre was May 4th 1886 and the first time it was officially commemorated on May Day was 1890.
Every normal country has a day off.
Just shows how pathetic americans are
Most of the rest of us don’t get Labor day off in September so it kinda evens out.
OK, but it certainly doesn’t even out the total of paid holidays.
Depends on the country you compare with and the employer because they have holidays like juneteenth that not all businesses observe in addition to the main ones that everyone does.
The one thing they do better than some other countries is that for most holidays, if it falls on a weekend, you get Friday or Monday off. Not all countries do this so you can fall below the US in total amount of paid holidays even if you have more nominally.
They get absolutely shafted with vacation days compared to everyone else though, no competition there.
Labor day was invented to take away Americans away from MayDay
Labor Day parade was first held in 1882. The Haymarket massacre was May 4th 1886 and the first time it was officially commemorated on May Day was 1890.
It wasn’t an official federal holiday until 1894