[njbchbum]

great thoughts, gracie! from the day i sat behind my first 'real job' desk, i thanked the workers who came before me who enabled me to start with what i did. and i knew it was up to me to achieve personally and professionally in order to advance myself and pave the way for those who would come after me.

but today i hafta question what labor day really means to anyone. the mattress sale @ macy's; a new car sale/lease special; an extended weekend at the beach; all of that.

in a day when so many people choose to disparage members of modern-day unions because of their employment security requests during contract negotiations - people forget that it was those long-ago contract negotiations that got them so much of what they have today!

i laugh when folks cheer for the affordable care act and jeer when unions ask for improved wages/benefits! how does one reconcile that it is okay for govt to provide more people with more benefits that everyone subsidizes but it is not okay for a union member to ask for the same from their employer?

i guess it's like anything - if you or your family was not part of the reason for the original celebration of something, it really doesn't matter to some why they celebrate.