Labor Day
When Labor Day falls each year
The first Monday in September
Audrey, Jade and Harmony
Jonathan Louis
Working for the Weekend
Loverboy
This hilarious cult classic from 1999 captures the monotony and frustrations of the workplace
Office Space
This famous American landmark was dedicated on Labor Day
The Statue of Liberty
The year Congress made Labor Day a national holiday
1894
Sandy, Taylor and Lyra
Alan White
Manic Monday
The Bangles
Nick, Dale, and Kurt are three employees who hate their bosses and instead of thinking about quitting their jobs, they begin to talk about how they would kill them
Horrible Bosses
The TV show where President Bartlet often references Labor Day as a nod to the holiday’s origins in honoring workers
The West Wing
This President signed the law making Labor Day a national holiday
Grover Cleveland
Jamestown, Memphis and Parker
Gascho
Working on the Highway
Bruce Springsteen
Melanie Griffith plays Tess McGill, a struggling actress who is trying to succeed in the ambitious and big business world of New York City in this movie from 1988. Also starring Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver
Working Girl
In fashion folklore, you should never do this after Labor Day
Wear White
This Act in 1938 set minimum wage, the 40 hour work week and overtime rules for workers
Fair Labor Standards Act
Blue Ridge, Beckley and Hampton
Magnussen Home
9 to 5
Dolly Parton
This brilliant mystery crime-drama with Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon, and Al Pacino in leading roles tells the real story behind the world of sales.
Glengarry Glen Ross
You find this as a way to overcome or avoid a difficulty or problem
Work-Around
Established in 1970, it was aimed at reducing workplace hazards
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Ryder, Haley and Genesis
THK
Take This Job and Shove It
Johnny Paycheck
This movie is Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece, a biographical crime drama based on the true story of Jordan Belfort and his rise to a wealthy stockbroker.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Work done for pleasure, rather than for profit.
Labor of Love