Labor Day.
One of the few national holidays that can't be wrapped in the fascist flag or provide an excuse for in-your-face representations of caustic nationalism. And we won't be hearing empty exclamations of appreciation for laborers, or thanking them for...anything, really.
Labor Day is OUR holiday--the one for those hard-working, nose-to-the-grindstone folks who show up. We haven't let them plaster uniforms on us and send us off across the world to kill people for "freedom." We just...work. Every hour of every day, to keep the country running.
Honestly, given the tenor of national politics lately, I'm surprised Labor Day hasn't been canceled. Maybe the only reason it hasn't is that people have forgotten what we are actually supposed to be celebrating today (much like any other national holiday) and see it as the last frenetic weekend of the "lazy days of summer."
How about we pause for at least a few seconds to give a thought to the actual meaning of this holiday?
Let's hear it for the workers, people!
Amen sister, amen. https://jackie-thecottagebythehedge.blogspot.com/search?q=A+week Hopefully this link will work.. I did an entry back in the day taking one of the entitled through a week or so without the services of the largely unseen, often ignored shopkeepers, trash haulers, caregivers, housekeepers, EMT's, other first responders, truck drivers, nurses, lab techs, farm workers, and others who keep their lives nice and comfortable. I checked a few years ago. Crab fishing and logging is more dangerous than being cop. Imagine that.
ReplyDeleteOK the link didn't come through but if you link onto my blog and search under "a week" it should work. I actually had fun working on that.
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