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“Labor Day” Isn’t Labor Day
The annual worker’s holiday in the rest of the world is May Day. Why not here?
by
Sam Wallman
via
The Nib
on
September 3, 2018
When Labor Day Meant Something
Remembering the radical past of a day now devoted to picnics and back-to-school sales.
by
Chad Broughton
via
The Atlantic
on
September 1, 2014
Labor Day in America: Or, the Day That is Not in May
America’s ambivalence about labor is nothing new. In the colonial era the ruling class had nothing but contempt for anything that could be justly called "work."
by
Edward G. Gray
via
Commonplace
on
October 1, 2006
May Day is a Rust Belt Holiday
Forged in the cauldron of Chicago’s streets and factories, born from the experience of workers in the mills and plants of Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
by
Ed Simon
via
Belt Magazine
on
April 29, 2024
The Singing Left
At a recent commemoration of the Battle of Blair Mountain in West Virginia, songs of struggle took center stage.
by
Kim Kelly
via
The Baffler
on
September 21, 2021
Labor Day Used to Be a Grand Celebration in This Storied Factory Town
Then the factory closed and the union crumbled.
by
Amy Goldstein
via
The Nation
on
August 23, 2017
That Time America Almost Had a 30-Hour Workweek
A six-hour workday could have become the national standard during the Great Depression. Here's the story of why that didn't happen.
by
Gillian Brockell
via
Retropolis
on
September 6, 2021
One of the Most Iconic Photos of American Workers is Not What it Seems
But “Lunch atop a Skyscraper,” which was taken during the Great Depression, has come to represent the country's resilience, especially on Labor Day.
by
Jessica Contrera
via
Retropolis
on
September 1, 2019
Why Strikes Matter
On the history (and future) of class struggle in America.
by
Erik Loomis
via
Literary Hub
on
October 3, 2018
How (or How Not) to Build a Labor Movement
Looking at the Pullman Strike and the political forces it stirred.
by
Jake Pitre
via
Lapham’s Quarterly
on
August 22, 2018
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The Media Still Gets the Working Class Wrong — But Not in the Way You Think.
The U.S. working class is tremendously diverse — and growing in strength.
by
Lane Windham
via
Made By History
on
September 3, 2017
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