Labor Day became an official federal holiday in the United States in 1894.
All this Labor Day weekend, hear special programs on Classical IPR about the music of labor and labor movements.
The tentative schedule is below (subject to change):
Friday, Sept. 3
8 p.m. Wind and Rhythm: Labor omnia vincit
Sunday, Sept. 5
12 p.m. Wind and Rhythm: Labor omnia vincit
Monday, Sept. 6
9 a.m. The Score: The Labor of Movies
12 p.m.: Labor Day Concert in the Park
1 p.m.: Broadway Bound: Workers Salute