[TheRealVille]

Come on. You are telling us that unions declared a day to "honor" workers and the states recognized it without any official state action? Never. If you had a day recognized by various states, those states acted to establish the day. Unions, on their own, couldn't do squat unless they just went out on a one day strike.

I do feel sure that Labor Day was pushed by the unions just like Groundhog Day was pushed by the groundhogs. Very similar.

Look up the facts of labor day, and quit being an ass. It's all on the government link I provided. the states did officially honor it, then the US government followed suit.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm