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Labor Day and school closures
The history of Labor Day and why hundreds of thousands of pupils in Chicago and New York won't go back to school after their summer holiday.
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Fri 3 Sep 199321:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 3 Sep 199321:00BBC Radio 4
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