“Every dollar that the boss did not work for, one of us worked for a dollar and didn’t get it.”
Related:
“What Is Labor Day? A History of the Workers’ Holiday,” Karen Zraick, New York Times
“Most Americans view unions favorably, though few workers belong to one,” Drew DeSilver, Pew Research Center
“Unions struggle in the courts, but they have a fighting chance in the streets,” Barry Eidlin, Washington Post
“Donald Trump’s war on workers,” Paul Waldman, Washington Post
“A Labor Day Reflection on Unions, Race, and Division,” Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker
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