When did Labor Day become about business owners?

[bigtree]

Josh Marshall ?@joshtpm

Noting how many Republican electeds, in messages, changing Labor Day into day to celebrate entrepreneurship

[Journeyman]

1. It became about capitalist owners when it was created as a means to minimize May Day. . .

or the International Workers Day observed throughout most of the world on May 1 and associated too closely in the States with commemoration of the Haymarket Massacre.

[bigtree]

2. great answer, Journeyman

thank you.

[kestrel91316]

3. Fairly recently, and it is thoroughly disgusting.

[Jack Sprat]

4. You're talking about people

who are rewriting the Bible and history textbooks to fit their perspective. Nothing surprises me. You can bet the Chamber of Commerce has a hand in it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. When it was instituted to replace May Day because May Day was too radical.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day

The September date originally chosen by the CLU of New York and observed by many of the nation's trade unions for the past several years was selected rather than the more widespread International Workers' Day because Cleveland was concerned that observance of the latter would be associated with the nascent Communist, Syndicalist and Anarchist movements that, though distinct from one another, had rallied to commemorate the Haymarket Affair in International Workers' Day.[5] All U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territories have made it a statutory holiday