Labor Day 2024 Celebrations. Plus, learn why we celebrate labor day and how it first came to be. Labor day is a united states federal holiday observed on the first monday of september annually.

International labour day, also known as may day or workers day, is annually observed on may 1 in more than 80 countries, including india, cuba, china, and many others. Cleveland created the holiday during a crisis over federal efforts to end a strike by railroad workers.