Let's put "Labor" back into "Labor Day"

[haddayr]

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“Kids don’t have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don’t have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the looms of the big mill towns of the Northeast. Why? Because we organized; we broke the back of the sweatshops in this country; we have child labor laws. Those were not benevolent gifts from enlightened management. They were

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[kellyhul]

These are great reminders--thanks! I love the Utah Phillips quotation.

[janradder]

Or, even more recently, this from Dwight Eisenhower in 1954:

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."

[browngirl]

Well and truly said.

[geniusofevil]

Power to the people, baby.

[embryomystic]

Funny, I've been listening to Billy Bragg sing 'Which Side Are You on?' on repeat, so basically, put those two videos in a bowl and stir.