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Happy Labor Day

benmartensSeptember 1, 2014 Commentary

I don’t remember where I heard it, but somebody once said: “If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, it would probably be Labor Day.” Technically I guess this holiday is about celebrating unions and the labor movement, but I’ll just enjoy a beer and some meat on the grill.

Private: Happy Labor Day

benmartensSeptember 5, 2005 Commentary

If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend. ~Doug Larson

Wikipedia has an interesting synopsis of the history of Labor Day. It's a day to commemorate the efforts of the everyday workingman (and um… workingwoman… err.. workingperson.) What happened to Labor Day? How do we celebrate? We have big sales and keep stores open so service oriented workers have to work on their “day off” while the white collar workers sit at home. Seems to defeat the purpose of the holiday.