[justjim]

My father and grandfather were United Mine workers of America union men. I remember talking with “Pop” regarding the working conditions And wages in the coal mines prior to the UMWA and it’s leader John L. Lewis. The coal miners were hero’s in my opinion and essential to the war efforts during WW1 and WW2. I have been on “both sides” of the equation during my working years. I celebrate the men and women in the various labor unions on Labor Day as they attempt to bring home a fair wage for the working people of America today. This man perhaps said it best back in 1861. “Labor is prior to, and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” Abraham Lincoln