Labor_Day_parade_Buffalo_NY

 

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.

 


EAU

Employee Assistance Unit

helpThe Employee Assistance Unit coordinates the Phoenix Police Departments Peer Support Program.  The Goals of the Peer Support Program are:

(1) To help employees through temporary crises by providing a network of readily accessible
employees who are trained and willing to be of assistance to their peer employees.

(2) To develop awareness among employees that they are not alone and that others care
about them.

(3) To develop a referral system that can provide, in more serious cases, appropriate
professional care.

(4) To provide an intervention program that can assist in defusing a problem before it
becomes a crisis situation.

The Employee Assistance Unit is operational Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and the main telephone number is 602-534-8692.  Additional information can be obtained by going to the Phoenix Police Department website or to the deparmental Operations Orders.