Today, the working(wo)mans
holiday, Labor Day, was celebrated by a day off for some, and more workers, who
are barely making a step out of check-to-check living with the humiliating $7
an hour going to jobs, whose bosses observe the day by holding SALES!
I remember when the holiday
would result in empty streets and smells of barbecue.
Pueblo is known as Steel
City and was once a Labor-run town. Everyone knew someone who worked at the
Steel Mill – both of my grandpa’s did. There are still labor unions, but they
are few and far-between, thanks to the anti-worker extremists funded by
billionaires.
Our ancestors built the
railways West, and now Mr. Warren Buffet is reaping the rewards – although he
is quite a philanthropist.
President Grover Cleveland
made Labor Day a national holiday the first Monday in September, in 1909;
although labor unions had pressed for acknowledgement for many years before
that.
Colorado was one of the
first states to recognize Labor Day, more than six years before the U.S.
Congress made it a national holiday.
Now, anti-worker groups try to restrict
rights of teachers, firefighters, police officers, nurses and other people who
serve the public to have a say in wages – at a time when union workers could be
rebuilding infrastructure and bridges!
President
Barack Obama claims there have been nearly 14 million private-sector jobs
created since 2010, and 66 consecutive months of private-sector job growth. How
is that prosperity being shared?
The group of New York City fast food workers started the
global movement Fight for 15, for a raise in the minimum wage, and more and
more workers are starting such movements. It is just the right thing to do.
Register to Vote so your voice can be heard!
