September 6, 2007
Happy Birthday, Michaela!
Happy Birthday, Randy!
September 3, 2007
Labor day is a holiday unique to the United States. It originated as “a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country”. Well, at least that’s what the Department of Labor has to say about it. However, if you asked the average American you’d find that the holiday has been devalued to a simple three day weekend. People stay home from work and grill their meals and enjoy the extra day off work as it usually is one of the last really summer-like days of the year.
Isn’t it funny how the American labor movement has devalued holidays into simple days off of work? Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day and now even Martin Luther King Day. How many of us still honor their veterans on Memorial Day? How many of us ponder the “discovery” of the continent of North America on Columbus Day? How many of us thank former labor leaders to get us the lenient working conditions we have here in the United States? And how many of us remember the great Dr. King who gave his life simply for what was already in the Constitution? And how many of us take these holidays for granted and simply enjoy one day off of work?
