{"id":425599,"date":"2026-09-04T01:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425599\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T01:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:21:06","slug":"when-is-labor-day-who-observes-the-holiday-in-fort-worth-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425599\/","title":{"rendered":"When is Labor Day? Who observes the holiday in Fort Worth? Here\u2019s what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Labor Day is right around the corner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For many, it will be a day to rest and recharge. The holiday also marks the unofficial end of summer before fall starts up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But, when is Labor Day? And who observes the holiday? Here&#8217;s what to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"> \u25fd\ufe0f Get Star-Telegram headlines <a data-ylk=\"slk:in your inbox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">in your inbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When is Labor Day?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year, Labor Day is on Monday, Sept. 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since 1894, Labor Day has been observed on the first Monday of September, according to the <a data-ylk=\"slk:U.S. Department of Labor.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/general\/laborday\/history\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Department of Labor.<\/a> The annual holiday is to celebrate to the &#8220;social and economic achievements of American workers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who observes Labor Day in Fort Worth?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Many people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Labor Day is a federal holiday, meaning that any all federal employees have the day off. Most schools, like Fort Worth ISD, and colleges, like TCU, also observe the day. The same goes for <a data-ylk=\"slk:Fort Worth City Hall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/news\/2026\/8\/Labor-Day-Holiday-Closures\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth City Hall<\/a>, except for trash collection, which will operate as normal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For any and everybody else, it&#8217;s up to their employer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Labor Day is right around the corner. For many, it will be a day to rest and recharge.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,143888],"class_list":["post-425599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-labor-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}