We can thank organized labor/unions for the weekend, the 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, workplace safety, and retirement and health benefits.

On the radio yesterday I heard a women say she was an individual with unique needs and did not need an advocacy group. She must have forgotten the advocacy groups that helped give her the opportunity to be so close minded.

Republicans shouldn’t get to celebrate Labor Day

I worked in the trucking industry as a teamster. I had excellent pay, benefits, retirement plan. I was able to retire with full pension benefits after 30 years paying into the pension fund and I was 56 years old. I have been retired for 24 years, have an excellent pension, SS, IRA and savings for a secure financial future (barring any catastrophic happenings beyond my control). This was all afforded by the social atmosphere of the time which does not exist any more for anyone.

I grew up in a Union town. As the unions left, so did the people. What remains is a bedroom/commuter community which lacks an identity.