Changes

The 8 hour workday, which is what the Haymarket demonstrates originally wanted, did eventually come to the United States. First, at local and company levels by the 1880s-1890s, but recognized through federal laws such as the Adamson Act in 1916. Many of the core reasons for strikes faded, although strikes often did reoccur as abuses were evident and economic hardships returned. Labor Day increasingly began to be associated as a end of summer holiday. Stores and markets began to use the event to market products. Schools began to organize their calendars around the Labor Day weekend, choosing to resume classes in the first Tuesday, although many still begin slightly earlier.As it is seen as the end of summer, it is also seen as the transition period for autumn sports and activities. <ref>For more on labor rights progress, see: Boyle 1998: 84.</ref>

Scholars also debate that declaring Labor Day in September , rather than in May, as it is celebrate now in many countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, has helped avoid more extremist acts in the United States. Trade Unions, for a time, became relatively powerful but also steered organized labor in the United States away from more socialist and later communist movements that spread in some countries in the 20th century. To this day, many people in the United States have disassociated the radical influences that occurred in the late 19th century on the creation of labor day in part because of the date being established in September. <ref>For more on the impact of Labor Day, see: Haverty-Stacke, D.T. (2009) <i>America’s forgotten holiday: May Day and nationalism, 1867-1960</i>. American history and culture. New York, New York University Press.</ref>

Although Labor Day today is a Federal holiday, it is not mandated that all or most workers have the day off. Nevertheless, most employers in the United States recognize it as a holiday, although they are not required to make it a paid holiday. HThe The ideas of Labor Day have not completely disappeared. It still holds significance particularly for those calling for increased minimum wage and other perceived injustice, although organized labor is far less influential today than in the late 19th century. This includes labor equality, calling for equal pay for men and women for similar roles.<ref>For modern movements on labor issues, see: Baldwin, R.E. (2003)<i> The decline of US labor unions and the role of trade</i>. Washington, D.C, Institute for International Economics.</ref>