The only show opposite Monday Night Football would be Monday Night Football from a Different Camera Angle. When a cop gave you a ticket, every smart-aleck answer you responded with would actually reduce your fine. Telephones would automatically cut off after 30 seconds of conversation. Labor Day, a national holiday in the US since 1894, is now a three-day weekend that signals the end of summer. It's a time for picnics, a long weekend in the country, or just relaxing.
Few people can recall the big parades that once celebrated the accomplishments of unions.
In Europe, which did not observe these holidays, socialists in 1890 chose May 1 to demonstrate in support of the labor movement. May Day in Europe was traditionally a time to celebrate the coming of spring, a day when people were already used to being outdoors. The labor demonstrations, an annual affair from then on, eventually became the European Labor Day.