well backyards parks and playgrounds they're usually places to find folks enjoying the Labor Day holiday but how many among all of us know the real meaning behind Labor Day cake Stephanie manichi caught up with parents and kids enjoying a day off at the park on this day away from the usual it's honestly pretty fun spending the time with my mom that she has a day off and we could spend some time with her parents and kids packed a local Witchita Park enjoying Labor Day in more bearable temperatures there are many different stories about how the 5-day work week got started a mother enjoying time with her son gave cake her version of Labor day's history late 1800s it was one of the first female cabinet members she established the 5-day work week and weekends and I cannot thank her enough I get to spend the weekend with my son and get this extra day off today so thank You observe the first Monday in September the US Department of Labor says the labor movement started in the late 19th century it became an annual celebration of Social and economic achievements of American workers labor activists push for this to be a national holiday recognizing the contributions of workers today some would like to see even more change I grew up in an era when you couldn't even get gas on Sundays they were it was closed a lot of restaurants were closed and that's all changed now and I think it's affected our families another mother off Monday works for a school she's appreciative of its contribution to its staff they're very supportive as far as mental health um we have um through our insurance um it's covered so if we need any campson sessions um I know that the first six sessions I believe are covered our entrance daily rolls reversed at the park Monday as parents relaxed and kids worked hard at playing on a scale of 1 to 10 this is how happy they were to be out of school Monday 10 155 million one kid gave us a five probably because this month um in PV they're going to do like sports like even though it's Labor Day and I'm working I found a friend at the park and I'm going to take advantage of having some fun right now in Witchita Stephanie manichi cake news on your side the Department of Labor says New York was the first state to introduce a bill for Labor Day to get recognized as a Federal holiday Oregon the first to pass a law recognizing Labor Day that was back in 1887