FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Labor Day 2012 ~ 03 September 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

Happy Labor Day!

September 3, 2012

 

 

 

 

H I S T O R Y

Labor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival. It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated by them as Labor Day. The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the working class on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and was celebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the working man. In the U.S., the first Monday in September was selected to reject any identification with Communism. In the late 1880's, labor organizations began to lobby various state legislatures for recognition of Labor Day as an official state holiday. The first states to declare it a state holiday in, 1887, were Oregon, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Then in 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national holiday. Today, Labor Day is observed not only in the U.S. but also in Canada, and in other industrialized nations. While it is a general holiday in the United States, its roots in the working class remain clearer in European countries.

 

 

 

For a lot of people, Labor Day means two things: a day off and the end of summer. But why is it called Labor Day? Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women. Membership in labor unions in the United States reached an all-time high in the 1950s when about 40 percent of the work force belonged to unions. Today, union membership is less than 12 percent of the working population. Labor Day now carries less significance as a celebration of working people and more as the end of summer. Schools, government offices and businesses are closed on Labor Day so people can get in one last trip to the beach or have one last cookout before the weather starts to turn colder.

T O D A Y

 

So what about you?

How are you celebrating Labor Day?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....free bags the bronze!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present. Thank you for your service to our country.

Take good care of that leg!!

[ColdOne]

Hello from Idaho. Crap forest service in town telling us may have to be foiled in the next few days. Smoke is bad and the road out of town is not really a good idea they tell me.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

I went for a glorious Bike ride today!
WOO HOO!
(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, MM...((HUGS))

Nice and quiet weekend so far...mostly rainy, but I’m not going anywhere. Right now it looks like rain is getting really close.

How about you? Walking weather?

[luvie]

Happy Labor Day, Night Owls!
It's aptly named...
...'cause I have to labor on it! LOL!
(((hugs)))

[Publius]

No wallerin’?

[luvie]

....till they all come home.....

[luvie]

Not much. It’s been a “working holiday” for me. Phooey! :)

I should find the thread a do some wallerin’ now...to help me relax now
that I’m home! :)

[luvie]

Listening to the Chopin Op. 42 In A Flat (The ‘Two Four’ Waltz) right now. Good stuff to relax to, even though it’s light and brisk.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[MeekMom]

Yesterday and today not good walking weather. Yesterday was a “white-out” of rain due to remnants of Isaac.
Crazy how it came all the way up here!
Plan on getting plenty of walking in on Tuesday though. Still have much of Meeky to lose! LOL :)

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

[ConorMacNessa]

I'm BAAACK!

Rallying for a little while. OK, Mrs. MacNessa went out and bought us some wine and I now feel renewed. :)

Labor Day is day of some significance in my family, although the living members probably have no inkling of the role played by their forebears in the Labor Movement. Some of my paternal ancestors were coal miners in Northeast Pennsylvania in the late 1800's. My two greats grandfather Patrick Rafferty was a constable in Old Forge Pennsylvania who was assassinated during strikes in the mines in December, 1899.

Two of my maternal great uncles were active in union politics in Philadelphia in the 30's and 40's. They worked in a distillery, God bless them, and fought against horrible working conditions.

I'm not an apologist for labor unions - but I think that they have done some good things in the past. And I abhor Wobblies and other Commie fronts masquerading as voices of the working man.



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

Howdy, Conor! ((((hugs))))

Welcome back! I loved the stories about your forebears and how
they helped to shape this country.

Unions were different then...they really DID take up for the
working man..instead of just TAKing from him!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS*

I hope you're having a great holiday weekend!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a wonderful "Good evening" to you, Luv.

Lots of shoppers out today?

[luvie]

Well, since I have to work every day of it, I guess it could be better. LOL!

Hope you are relaxing and re-charging your batteries!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, napscoordinator.

[luvie]

Howdy, Kathy! Yep...lots of shoppers wanting new pretty stuff! :)

We’ve had a phenomenal month!