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This Labor Day Remember the Workers Who Built the Middle Class and Honor those Fighting.. (Original Post) Cha Sep 2014 OP
Happy Labor Day! Cha Sep 2014 #1
The graphic you posted is a great reminder of who built America. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #2
And, thank you for the ol timey pics of back in the day when they were building, she! Cha Sep 2014 #4
I just saw that, Cha! Awesome. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #6
45% of Union Members are Women.. @Equality Rising Cha Sep 2014 #3
And this~ sheshe2 Sep 2014 #5
Happy Labor Day Market Basketeers! It Is a Huge Victory for Workers in Mass & New England, she~ Cha Sep 2014 #7
Aloha And Happy Labor Day Everyone! Cha Sep 2014 #8
You should X post this pointing them here Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #9
Good idea, Steve! I had to leave for a bit but I'm back! Cha Sep 2014 #16
There were some good sales today. obxhead Sep 2014 #10
Good on you, obxhead! Cha Sep 2014 #17
Thank You Guys HoosierCowboy Sep 2014 #11
And, thank you, HoosierCowboy! Cha Sep 2014 #18
Great thread, good reminders, and Happy Labor Day! senseandsensibility Sep 2014 #12
Happy Labor Day, senseandsensibility! :) Cha Sep 2014 #19
Hell yes..... daleanime Sep 2014 #13
And, Happy Labor Day to you, daleaninme! Cha Sep 2014 #20
Labor day should return to may 1st MAY DAY! jonjensen Sep 2014 #14
Happy Labor Day, for now on September 1, 2014, jonjensen! Cha Sep 2014 #22
Happy Labor Day! mdbl Sep 2014 #15
Kick for our past, present, and future Workers.. Laborers~! Cha Sep 2014 #21
Today's Labor Day weekend . . . brought to you by Union members of the middle class!!! Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #23
Sounds Exhilerating, Major! Good for all of you who got to go to a Good Ol Fashion Cha Sep 2014 #24
I was put on garbage detail!! Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #26
It's a dirty job but Some Bodies have to do it Major.. and what a Job you've been assigned! Cha Sep 2014 #28
Kicking~ sheshe2 Sep 2014 #25
Thanks sheshe.. those pics are so cool.. touching hearts in so many ways! Cha Sep 2014 #27
Hey sweets~ sheshe2 Sep 2014 #29
G'Night, she and Cha Sep 2014 #30
... sheshe2 Sep 2014 #31

sheshe2

(83,908 posts)
2. The graphic you posted is a great reminder of who built America.
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 06:51 PM
Sep 2014

The workers.





Thanks for the reminder on this Labor Day.

Thank you Cha.

Cha

(297,674 posts)
4. And, thank you for the ol timey pics of back in the day when they were building, she!
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 06:55 PM
Sep 2014

I just posted a Women's Labor Day Movement @ Equality Rising!

Cha

(297,674 posts)
3. 45% of Union Members are Women.. @Equality Rising
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 06:52 PM
Sep 2014

EqualityRising! @EqualityRising_
Follow
Happy #LaborDay! #UniteBlue #LibCrib
4:00 AM - 1 Sep 2014 51 Retweets 18 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/09/01/rise-and-shine-896/

sheshe2

(83,908 posts)
5. And this~
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 07:00 PM
Sep 2014

Market Basket



Workers Cheer Return of Ousted Market Basket CEO



Market Basket employees hug after watching a televised speech by restored Market Basket chief Arthur T. Demoulas.
By DENISE LAVOIE

BOSTON -- As Arthur T. Demoulas made a triumphant return Thursday to lead the Market Basket supermarket chain, it was the words of his employees that summed up their fierce loyalty to him that led to a remarkable workers' revolt that nearly crippled the New England chain but eventually put him back on top.

MORE:http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/08/28/supermarket-feud-ends/

Cha

(297,674 posts)
7. Happy Labor Day Market Basketeers! It Is a Huge Victory for Workers in Mass & New England, she~
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 07:21 PM
Sep 2014


"They created history. I mean, on Labor Day -- are you kidding me?"!!

"This is a huge labor issue that was won despite what people said," customer Carol Levesque said. "The power of the people -- the shoppers and workers and that's a tribute to who (Demoulas) is."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5475136

The unbridled joy on the Market Basket's employee says it all, she! Thank you for the article.. from your link..

"In a Market Basket store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 93-year-old Al Gerrato said it felt like "the end of the war."

And, this is what we're Fighting for and what Labor Day is all about.. the wars we've won.. past, present, and future!

 

obxhead

(8,434 posts)
10. There were some good sales today.
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 08:00 PM
Sep 2014

I didn't go to a single store. Everyone who toils at the bottom for subsistence living should have been off today.

I refused to take part. Instead I caught up on doing nothing at all for a change.

HoosierCowboy

(561 posts)
11. Thank You Guys
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 08:11 PM
Sep 2014

Jim Balanoff, Joe Gyrko, two labor radicals right out of the movement in the 1930's.
One motto: You only have to last one more day than the opposition.

 

jonjensen

(168 posts)
14. Labor day should return to may 1st MAY DAY!
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 09:31 PM
Sep 2014

A good labor day read is : the social history of the machine gun.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
23. Today's Labor Day weekend . . . brought to you by Union members of the middle class!!!
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 01:41 AM
Sep 2014

The semi-annual Labor Day picnic is a time for concerned Democrats, union members, members of the middle class, and poor people to get together to strategize how to return this country to the "good old days" of working together as a team to secure better working conditions and higher wages for everyone.

The picnic today was no different with plenty of potato salad, hot dogs, hamburgers, Democratic politicians, union members -- past and present -- and dozens of people getting together in the park to talk about how we can get more Democrats elected to the US Congress, the state legislature, and get a Democrat in the Governor's office!!!

Cha

(297,674 posts)
24. Sounds Exhilerating, Major! Good for all of you who got to go to a Good Ol Fashion
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 02:14 AM
Sep 2014

Labor Day Picnic!

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
26. I was put on garbage detail!!
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 02:35 AM
Sep 2014

To dump Risch! (US Senator - R)
To dump Simpson! (US Representative - R)
To dump Otter! (Idaho Governor - R)

We're going to take the white trash from Idaho from out of the US government of these United States, and from this state!
I signed up to canvas for all 3 campaigns.
It's now or never.

Vote or die!!

Cha

(297,674 posts)
28. It's a dirty job but Some Bodies have to do it Major.. and what a Job you've been assigned!
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 02:46 AM
Sep 2014


Good Luck Idaho!

Cha

(297,674 posts)
30. G'Night, she and
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 02:54 AM
Sep 2014

once again.. Happy Labor Day and thank you for helping to make this one on 2014 one to remember!

It really is a huge deal.. when I think back to all those years I worked and all the workers who have and have come before to make so many things possible for so many.

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