Read MoreThe first ever celebration of Unpaid Labor Day in United States history is coming on September 3, 2018 (Labor Day). It will honor the collective contribution of the first 12 generations of African Americans that was vital to the birth, growth and survival of the United States. That contribution began in 1607. That's 169 years before the United States became a country in 1776, and 287 years before Labor Day became an official holiday.