Are stores open on Labor Day 2026? Holiday hours for Costco, Target, Walmart, banks, stock markets, CVS, and more

In 2019, a viral-tweet-turned-TikTok-audio lamented that no one “dreams of labor.” Maybe it isn’t wrong. Nevertheless, most people have to make a living and owe a debt of gratitude to labor organizers who helped make workplaces everywhere safer and more humane. Today (Monday, September 7, 2026) is Labor Day. While it may seem paradoxical that some places remain open on the holiday—which also marks the unofficial end of summer—figuring out where you can run errands and how you should plan ahead for the big BBQ bash can be confusing. We’ll help you with the list below. But before we get into all that, let’s take a look at the three men credited with starting it all. Who created Labor Day? On June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland officially signed S. 730, creating a national Labor Day. The occasion had been around at the state and local level since 1882, but with a stroke of a pen it was now a federal holiday.Beyond President Cleveland’s more symbolic involvement, two other men are credited with founding Labor Day. Matthew Maguire, a machinist and secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York, and Peter J. McGuire, cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, had the same id…