Enjoying your Labor Day Weekend? Thank a Union.

[hue]

http://www.forwardprogressives.com/enjoying-your-labor-day-weekend-thank-a-union/

The first officially recognized Labor Day was celebrated on September 5th, 1882 in New York City. In 1894, it was finally recognized as a federal holiday to honor the American worker. Yes, the worker — the man or woman who gives the best years of their lives to various corporations in exchange for a pittance of the profits — not the CEOs and Wall Street hedge fund managers who have tanked our economy on more than one occasion.

While corporate interests may have given us the first intercontinental railroad or brought us the $0.99 iPhone that you’re currently using to take pictures of your Labor Day cookout (it’s not a BBQ unless it’s done low and slow over a wood fire) for Instagram, none of these accomplishments would have been possible without the worker.
This country was built from the blood, sweat and tears of men and women from all over the world. They gave everything they had — including their lives — to give us railways, interstates and a communications grid. Labor Day itself would not have been brought about if it were not for the collective representation of various workers known as a union...

This holiday is not to celebrate the homes of the rich and famous in the Hamptons. Labor Day is for the workers — without them, the 1% would not be where they are. Without workers, there wouldn’t be products to sell, or the stores to purchase them in. If you want to thank someone for this extended weekend, thank a union — because if it wasn’t for them, we would all be going back to work on Monday.

[mike_c]

1. actually, I'm sitting in my office taking a break from prep work...

...in my teaching lab, which is where I was all day yesterday and will be all day tomorrow EXCEPT for an hour or two to attend our central labor council's Labor Day picnic. The irony of that is not lost on me. But I could slack if I chose to, and my union definitely rocks.

[unionthug777]

2. happy labor day !!!

from a member of the IBEW LU 494.

[tecelote]

3. When I was a kid, we rolled the sleeves of our shirts up in support of unions at school.

That was elementary school in the 60's.

A paper mill was thinking of moving to another state with lower wages. Not even another country.

I still think of that when I see someone with a button down shirt and their sleeves rolled up.

[ck4829]

4. K&R