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发布时间：2025-09-12 01:51:03 来源：都市天下脉观察 作者：娱乐

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Labor Day is a day to celebrate Americans’ right-to-work: advocate

The momentum for right-to-work is alive and well this Labor Day, according to a leader in the movement, who says he isn't deterred by Michigan's recent repeal.

For more than 140 years, Labor Day has been a time to honor the contributions, achievements and sacrifices of workers in America. But this year, in the wake of growing economic inequality and a government increasingly catering to billionaires and special interests, Labor Day needs to be more than a long holiday weekend. It must be the impetus of a battle cry for workers everywhere to rise up, realize their collective strength and take their power back.

Hedge fund managers and tech moguls did not build this country or the American middle class. It was technicians, engineers, installers, teachers, caregivers, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, ironworkers, painters, laborers, operators, mechanics, drivers, farmworkers, clerks, grocers and so many others. 

They went to work each day – often invisible and without fair pay, benefits, or even basic dignity. They risked their jobs, their safety and sometimes their lives to secure better working conditions we all enjoy today, like an eight-hour workday, overtime pay and the right to organize.

A sign at a May Day rally for worker and immigrant rights at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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