Whether you spell it Labor
or Labour, live in Canada or the United States, this weekend
and Labor Day signifies more than just the end of summer. It
is a time to reflect upon and to celebrate the many struggles
that preceded us.
Social Security, child labor laws, OSHA standards, the eight-hour workday,
and other worker protections that we take for granted just didn’t
happen. Unions took the lead and members fought, sometimes against
tremendous odds, for what now seems to be common decency and
common sense.
This year we are once again fighting – fighting to keep the gains
that we have as politicians continue to undercut workers’ rights
and corporate greed, as personified by Enron, WorldCom and others,
threatens the standard of living that workers struggled to achieve.
Read
the Joint Officers’
Column from the September
IBEW Journal to see how important this election
is to you and then make sure that you are registered
to vote. We want to be around to celebrate Labor Day
for many years to come.
