After a long, hot summer, we’re all looking forward to Labor Day
and a well-deserved three-day weekend. If you’re looking for a
place to enjoy some family time and celebrate some solidarity
with your union brothers and sisters, we have some ideas.
Each year on Labor Day, we reflect and celebrate how far working
families have come and the contributions organized labor has made
to all of our lives. We owe a debt to those who came before us
and won retirement security, the eight-hour workday, weekends,
paid vacations, and employer-provided health care. Each of these
landmark improvements in working conditions happened because
workers like us stood strong to protect and improve our
hard-earned rights.
Every week in Union Update, we’ll be posting news and
feature articles, books, podcasts, and more, submitted by your
fellow workers, focused on issues that affect ALL of us. We hope
you find the following content informative and insightful