Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is 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.
Founder of Labor Day
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."
But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
The below is my source:
http://www.dol.gov/OPA/ABOUTDOL/LABORDAY.HTM
So far we have had 5 more days without W.M.= We have had visitors this weekend and they are trying to figure out why we would Not go to Sams and W.M well I tried to explain, But the reality is that neither one of these companies will even
lose sleep or money because of my one family. However I feel better that my family is taking a stand. No one need agree with me or like it, but that is the blessing of living in this Great country. WE Have Freedom of SPEECH!!
God Bless you, Have a great day.
2 comments:
I must admit, I am a little confused as to why you are boycotting, too!
This is from one of my older post:
So this has been ongoing for Glenn Beck, seems to have offended many. Let me clarify: A man(Obama) attends the church of Rev Jeremiah Wright and listens to his tirade against jews and "whitey". He does this for twenty years. If you hung out with Hitler for twenty years and he was a friend of your family would I not be just calling you a Nazi? So below is the list of companies who have Boycotted Glenn Beck and they pulled their advertisements from his show. Its time for people to wake up, big business does not care who is in the white house, they just support whoever it is, this is how they hedge their bets.
CVS
WALMART
BESTBUY
TRAVELOCITY
ALLERGAN (Maker Of Restasis )
Ally Bank
Broadview Security (Brinks Home Security)
Re-Bath
ConAgra(food)
Geico
Lawyers.com
Men's warehouse
Procter & Gamble( this one is too big to list all)
Progressive Insurance
Radioshack
Roche (systematically pursing personalized medicine)
SC Johnson ( Ziplock,Windex, Pledge and other products)
Sanofi_Aventis (US Head Quarters for an International Pharmaceutical)
Sargento (persnickety People Exceptional Cheese)
State Farm Insurance
Hope you are doing well.
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