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Monday, September 02, 2013

Labor Day blues

Labor Day didn't come easy.  The basis for it in the U.S. was the Pullman Strike in 1894.  According to Wikipedia's article on Labor Day:
Following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike, the United States Congress unanimously voted to approve rush legislation that made Labor Day a national holiday; President Grover Cleveland signed it into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.
In recognition of the current labor climate in America, here's a meme based on a 1941 WPA poster by artist Harry Herzog.
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-- Marge


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