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This Labor Day, A Look At Declining Role Of Unions In America
This Labor Day, A Look At Declining Role Of Unions In America
Authored by Jeremy Lott via The Epoch Times,
Labor Day, celebrated this year on Sept. 7, is a holiday in transition.
It was created by American labor unions in the 1880s. The federal government recognizing it as a national holiday under President Grover Cleveland helped unions to gain prominence.
Yet as unionization has declined, so too has the close association of the day with organized labor.
The Department of Labor's website now calls it an "annual celebration of the social and economic...
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