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Monday September 6th is Labor Day

The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City.  In the aftermath of the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the 1894 Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with Labor as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.  Cleveland was also concerned that aligning an American labor holiday with existing international May Day celebrations would stir up negative emotions linked to the Haymarket Affair.  All 50 U.S. states have made Labor Day a state holiday.  Pictured at right is a photo of a Labor Day parade on Main St. in Buffalo NY in 1900.

 


Nailem

Neighborhood Activist Interlinked empowerment Movement



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N.A.I.L.E.M. was founded in 1993 by Donna Neill who upon moving to Phoenix discovered that blight crime and poverty were rampant throughtout her neighborhood.  She decided to take a stand which started out by painting out grafitti in her neighborhood on a daily basis.  This in turn led to the reorganization of a neighborhood association that had almost died out.  NAILEM then secured fight back funds from the city and spearheaded efforts to obtain a apark in the neighborhood where no recreational facilites existed.

NAILEM under the guidance and direction of Donna and her husband Jerry Neill, has been fighting back every since to improve inner city neighborhoods and help give neighborhood kids a fighting chance.

NAILEM has always been a strong supporter of law enforcement and law enforcement related causes.  PLEA has partnered with NAILEM on numerous occasions over the years and is proud to count them as one of our longest and valued  community partners.