U.S. Citizenship Resources for Labor Day

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Citizenship Resources for Labor Day (updated 8/28/2024) 

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States honors the American labor movement and the works, rights, and responsibilities of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. 

• AFL-CIO: Key Events in Labor History
• American English at State: Labor Day
• Career One Stop: website | videos
• COABE: Behind Every Employer website | podcast | video playlist
• EL Civics: Labor Day
• ESL Library: Labor Day
• Learn English with EnglishClass101.com: Learn American Holidays - Labor Day
• Library of Congress: Today in History: The First Labor Day
• LINCS: Career Pathways and Postsecondary Transitions PD Guide (pdf)
• LINCS: Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans (EARN)
• LINCS: Teaching Skills that Matter Workforce Preparation
• National Archives: Labor Day
• National Museum of American History: American Enterprise: Labor Unions
• NPS: Histories of work and working peoples
• NPS: Labor History in the United States (pdf)
• Robert Reich: Why Unions Matter to You (video)
• Smithsonian: Labor Day
• TED-ED: Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate Labor Day? -Kenneth C. Davis (video)
• USA.gov: Jobs, labor laws, and unemployment
• USCIS: Labor Day
• US Department of Labor: The History of Labor Day | The History of Labor Day (video)
• US Department of Labor: Summary of Major Labor Laws
• VCU Social History Project: Labor History Timeline: 1607 – 1999
• VOA News: US Honors Its Workers on Labor Day Holiday (2023)
• VOX: The fall (and rise?) of unions in the US (video)
• uscitizenpod: Citizenship? WE CAN DO IT! Labor Day Podcast mp3 and pdf
• uscitizenpod: Revised N-400 Section 8 Interview  
• uscitizenpod: US Citizenship Bootcamp 
• Episode 1 of 5: Introduction
• Episode 2 of 5: Vocabulary
• Episode 3 of 5: She Built Ships in World War II plus video
• Episode 4 of 5: Mini-Dialogues about Work
• Episode 5 of 5: The Interview
• VOA Learning English: Immigrants Learn Nursing Skills as They Learn English
• VOA Learning English: Immigrant Students Dream of Helping People
• VOA Learning English: Immigrants Find Their American Dream in the Kitchen
• VOA Learning English: Immigrants Cooking Up a Fusion of Cultures and Cuisines (video)
• VOA Learning English: Why Americans Don’t Wear White after Labor Day (2019)
• VOA Learning English: American Labor Day Arrives Five Months Late (2022)
• VOANews: Journey to the Maid of the Mist': Immigrants and the Great American Road Trip (2017)
• VOANews: Exhibit Reveals How American Workers' Lives Have Changed (2017)
• VOANews: Immigrants Own More Than Half of NYC Businesses 2016
• VOANews: Laid Off Diversity Visa Holders Struggle During Pandemic 2020
• VOANews: Labor Day 2020 Is Unlike Any Other 2020
• VOANews: Labor Day Celebrated Across the U.S.A 2009
• VOANews: New York's Pandemic-hit Chinatown Gets Reboot 2020
• VOANews: The Rise and Fall of US Labor Unions 2017
• We Speak NYC: Rolando's Rights

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