If you?re
like most people, you celebrate Labor Day every year by doing something fun
before summer ends. But how much do you really know about Labor Day?
In the late 1800s, the average American worked 12 hours a day, seven days a
week, just to get by. Child labor was common, even among children as young as 5
or 6 years old, and children worked equally long hours in factories and mines
for a fraction of what adults were paid.
