OCPBC September Newsletter

Spotlight Doctor of the Month
James Clancy, D.P.M.

Reconstructive Foot & Ankle Surgery

Dr. Clancy is Board Certified by the American Board of Foot & Ankle Surgery. While working as a member of PGA of America, Dr. Clancy graduated with honors from St. Thomas of Villanova University. He earned his podiatric medical degree from Temple University and completed his residency in foot and ankle surgery from The Maryland Podiatric Surgical Residency Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has been trained on the latest advances in nerve repair by one of the world's most renowned surgeons at Johns Hopkins and was one of the few podiatric surgeons to be trained on the newest FDA-approved total ankle joint replacement. He has been the Chief of Podiatric Surgery at JFK Medical Center since 1999 and is the co-director of the Podiatric Surgical Residency Program.

Dr. Clancy is also a golf medicine expert with a comprehensive understanding of the game. He is certified by the Titleist Performance Institute, which is the world's leading educational organization and research facility dedicated to the study of how the human body functions in relation to the golf swing.

Labor Day History Facts:

Canadian Origin?

While most Americans likely consider Labor Day a uniquely American experience, but in all reality, Labor Day has its origins in Canada. Stemming from 1870's labor disputes in Toronto, in 1872 a parade was held in support of a strike against the (ready for this?) 58 hour workweek. As a result, 24 union leaders who were responsible for organizing the event were arrested under anti-union laws.

Social Traditions

First Labor Day festivities included "speeches, a picnic, an abundance of cigars and, Lager beer kegs... mounted in every conceivable place." (quote from a NY daily newspaper)

A Fight for A 8-Hour Workday

Labor Day -- celebrated in some countries as May Day or International Workers Day (May 1) -- started in Chicago as a protest campaign in support of the eight-hour workday. SOURCE Clarification: Language has been amended in this slide to more accurately reflect the origin of Labor Day, as distinct from International Workers Day.

Parade Roots

The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday - a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families.

No One Knows Who Started it

There is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers. Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold." But many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York.

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