Labor Day Parade NYC

Labor Day Parade NYC (Daniel Kaesler/Dreamstime)
Labor Day Parade NYC (Daniel Kaesler/Dreamstime)
Labor Day Parade NYC (Daniel Kaesler/Dreamstime)

The Labor Day Parade NYC honors American organized labor on the Saturday after Labor Day.

Labor Day Parade NYC 2025 reel

Midtown, Manhattan

The Labor Day Parade NYC 2025 marches on Fifth Avenue from 44th St to the grandstand at 64th St; in Midtown, Manhattan on Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10am. FREE.

The 2025 Parade Theme is “Power in Unity.”

#LDP2025

Honorees

This year’s Co-Grand Marshals are Rich Maroko, President of the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council; and Terri Carmichael Jackson, Executive Director of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association.

Midtown, Manhattan

The Labor Day Parade NYC 2024 marches on Fifth Avenue from 44th St to the grandstand at 64th St; in Midtown, Manhattan on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 10am. FREE.

The 2024 Parade Theme is “All Workers, Many Voices, One Fight.”

#LDP2024

Honorees 2024

  • The Parade Grand Marshal is John J. Murphy, International Representative.
  • The Parade Chair is Fallon Ager-Norman, International Vice President, Director, Region 1 – Northeastern.
First Labor Day parade in New York City on September 5, 1882
First Labor Day parade in New York City on September 5, 1882

The first Labor Day celebration was a parade organized by the Central Labor Union in Union Square on September 5, 1882.

There is information on New York City’s AFL-CIO Central Labor Council web site.