I often write on holidays to remind people of the importance of the holiday and urge celebrations that are appropriate. Labor Day is one of very few holidays where I urge you to ignore the origins, or any greater purpose and simply enjoy a three day weekend. Drink, party, travel, goof off at the beach, or what ever it is you do for relaxation with friends and family.
Labor Day, known as International Workers’ Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day there is a “celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement” and occurs every year on May Day, May 1. — Wikipedia
The actual federal holiday was enacted by Congress in 1894 after the long agitation by New York’s largest Marxist organization, the Central Labor Union. Contrary to what most Americans think today, “Labor Day” was not created to honor or celebrate the contributions of all who work for a living. Instead, it was to cater to a “Labor Movement” that was distinctly Marxist, and embraced violence, murder, arson, and other strongarm tactics to “Organize” workers, often whether they wanted to be organized, or not.
Labor Day is to celebrate a bloody history of communist, and communist leaning, organizations using violence to undermine free enterprise and capitalism in America.
“Workers of all lands unite.” Karl Marx
Today the Marxist origins of the labor movement, and Labor Day are mostly forgotten. Unions, other than of government employees and teachers, have largely declined to all time lows. Most folks assume this holiday is simply to celebrate working for a living.
This is a good time to reflect upon the difficulty of working people finding jobs at all in this Obama recession. To a large degree open borders, over-regulation of business, lack of access to capital, and, yes, minimum wage laws promoted by labor unions, are among the major reasons it is difficult for many Americans to find a decent job.
Therefore, take three days off. Rest up. Goof off, if you can afford to. Then tomorrow morning, no matter what you do for a living, use every waking moment you are not working to promote the election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency, so we, working together, can start the process of making America great again. You can celebrate after your hard work on January 20th next year. See you at the Inaugural Ball!
Dean Allen is a decorated Vietnam veteran, author of the book Rattlesnake Revolution, active in the leadership of political, civic, fraternal, and veterans, and a regular contributor to The Standard.
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