While the Labor Day holiday in the United States—the first Monday in September—traditionally marks the unofficial end of summer, the coronavirus pandemic altered the three-day holiday weekend in 2020.
Plans for Labor Day travel, parades, and special events to celebrate workers were canceled or shifted to follow coronavirus protocols to reduce transmission of the deadly virus.
To better understand the impact of coronavirus on workers and Labor Day, WalletPro conducted a national survey of over 400 people in mid-August 2020.
Results from the survey showing 75 percent of Americans will not travel for Labor Day in 2020 rings true for my family.
We’ve kept our travels and birdwatching trips limited to southeast Michigan for the holiday weekend.
And I wasn’t surprised to learn how many Americans are concerned about job security.
View the infographic for more findings or check out the text version for a summary.
Source: WalletHub
Coronavirus and Labor Day Survey
- Nearly one in three Americans are concerned about job security this Labor Day
- 74 percent of people think Congress should continue to give extra unemployment benefits until the pandemic ends
- 77 percent of Americans do not trust other people to be responsible with social distancing over Labor Day weekend
- Half of Americans think they’ve worked harder since the coronavirus pandemic began
- 75 percent of Americans will not travel for Labor Day this year
- 40 percent of Americans are planning to go shopping over Labor Day weekend this year
- 69 percent of people say the coronavirus pandemic has given them a new appreciation for owning their own car
- 28 percent of people say nothing would make them feel comfortable enough to go shopping over Labor Day weekend
- 39% of people think management has taken advantage of labor during the pandemic
- 52 percent of Americans have spent less money this summer than last summer
Black and white photo via Wikimedia Commons, Author not known, but more than 100 years old, Image edited [Public domain].
