The Workers' Festival
For most Canadians today, Labour Day is the last gasp of summer fun: the final long weekend before returning to the everyday routine of work or school. But over its century-long history, there was much more to the September holiday than just having a day off.
In The Workers'' Festival, Craig Heron and Steve Penfold examine the complicated history of Labour Day from its origins as a spectacle of sk...
For most Canadians today, Labour Day is the last gasp of summer fun: the final long weekend before returning to the everyday routine of work or school. But over its century-long history, there was much more to the September holiday than just having a day off.
In The Workers'' Festival, Craig Heron and Steve Penfold examine the complicated history of Labour Day from its origins as a spectacle of sk...
