Labor Day will take place in the United States on 4 September in 2017. It was born, following the killing of workers by the army during the Pullman Strike of 1894 in Chicago and commemorated every year, on the first Tuesday of September. Labor Day is also a national public holiday.

Today, there is a major campaign to lift the minimum wage to $15 an hour and Bernie Sanders has given his support for raising further this campaign in the lead up this year’s event.

Video from Fight for $15