至于为什么IU布卢明顿的学生有劳动节，一个联邦假日类的问题，出现逐年递增。\ NAND谁问这个大多数人甚至不知道起源和节日的意义，彼得塞博尔德，研究劳动分工说董事。\ n“很多人不知道劳动节的意义，而事实上，它最初是绑在8小时工作一天的战斗，”塞博尔德说。“这是什么，每个人都受益的例子，但他们没有意识到，它从工人运动来了。” \ nLabor节是深深扎根于美国的历史。According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Web site, the day is "dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country." \nBasically, the holiday is in place to honor working Americans and remember their struggles for better working conditions and reforms, Seybold said.\nSamuel Gompers, the founder and president of the American Federation of Labor between 1886 and 1924, once said Labor Day should be recognized by everyone because more than any other holiday, it applies to every American citizen.\nSeybold echoed that statement but added the labor movement is not one that ended after Gompers' era, but it is still an important part of today's society.\n"I think that originally the connection to the labor movement and the effort to reform society was much clearer," he said. "And now it is more of an end-of-the-summer holiday, and its connection to the past is not very clear to a lot of people."\nBecause Labor Day is a federal holiday, classes will not be in session at most public universities. Purdue University, Ball State University and Indiana State University students will enjoy a day off from classes today. All three are public schools.\n"It's quite unusual that it's a federal holiday and it's not recognized," Seybold said.\nRichard McKaig, dean of students, said there is a calendar committee to examine whether IU has certain days like Labor Day off. The committee has been looking at the Labor Day issue, but has made no final recommendations.\n"The perspective is that we haven't had any specific actions yet by the committee," McKaig said. \nMcKaig said there have been several plans in the past to rearrange the schedule, and at one time, Labor Day was added to make up for other days off.\n"As I recall, there was a time when we were talking about taking the entire Thanksgiving week off," he said. "The idea was if we were going to take Monday and Tuesday off, we would have to replace them."\nHe also said some courses, especially those in the sciences, need as many complete weeks as possible for continuity in class.\nGraduate student Peter Seaman said he has a unique perspective on having classes on Labor Day, because he was in the work force for many years and is used to having the holiday.\n"It's kind of weird that my 6-year-old daughter is off school and I'm not," Seaman said. "But if you think about when we come back to school in January, Martin Luther King Day is a holiday. Once you start making a bunch of exceptions, where do you stop?"\nSeybold emphasized that even in today's society, the ideals of the labor movement that were the motivation for Labor Day are still valid.\n"I think it's very important to recognize that working people today have a real need for labor unions and the struggle for dignity in the workplace continues," he said. "So this is not just a holiday to honor factory workers that are unionized. It's really a holiday for everyone, and it's very much connected to our democracy."\nAnd McKaig said he can sympathize with students. \n"I'll be in the office on Monday like some others will be"
