Monday, September 1, 2008

Happy Labor Day

As a kid I usually spent this day marching in the local Labor Day Parade with my dad who was (and is) a very active member of a building trade. Please spend a minute today thinking about those who fought and gave their lives for the cause of America's working families. These are the people who gave us an end to child labor and to the company store, who created the 40 hour work week and gave us weekends off. These are the people who made the American middle-class possible.

A photo from the 1st ever Labor Day Parade September 1882, New York City.



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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I been balling a shiny black steel jack-hammer,
been chippin' up rocks for the great highway,
live five years if I take my time,
ballin' that jack and a drinkin' my wine.

I been chippin' them rocks from dawn till doom,
while my rider hide my bottle in the other room.
Doctor say better stop ballin' that jack,
if I live five years I gonna bust my back, yes I will.

Easy wind cross the Bayou today
cause there's a whole lotta women, mama,
out in red on the streets today.
And the rivers keep a talkin',
but you never heard a word it said.

Gotta find a woman be good to me,
won't hide my liquor try to serve me tea,
cause I'm a stone jack baller and my heart is true
and I'll give everything that I got to you, yes I will.

Easy wind going cross the Bayou today
there's a whole lotta women
out in red on the streets today.
And the rivers keep a talkin',
but you never heard a word it said.

September 2, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Steve Balboni said...

Right on, my favorite Pigpen song for sure. I'll have to throw on "Workingman's Dead" in the office.

September 2, 2008 at 4:01 PM

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