Today is Labor day for most people Labor day and every other paid federal holiday is a day off with pay. For me it is Double time and a half and 8 hours. I work in a Group Home for people with mental illness that is staffed 24/7. I don't mind working on a holiday because I really like what I do and when I work I give the Consumers a normal life. They help prepare the food and set it out. They have a good time.
Most poor people have to work on Labor Day because we tend to work in hospitals or Nursing Homes or like me in Group Homes. They also work in Retail where there is day off lots of people want to shop on the Holiday.
Labor day started because of people in Unions changed the way workers were treated. Labor Unions like United Steel Workers started in Braddock and Homestead PA. Back in the day the Steel Companies would do anything to prevent their workers from joining a Union. The Steelworkers in 1919 were fighting for shorter work days and shorter work weeks. The Steelworkers worked 12 hours a day and one day a week they worked for 24 hours straight. It was downright dangerous.
The working conditions were lousy then and most people living today would not want to work long hours for pennies a day often if unventilated rooms and being locked in rooms. Children were also forced to work long hours doing dangerous things.
Most of us work 40 hours a week and 8 hours a day. It leaves us a lot of time to spend outside of work with our families or attending church.
Enjoy your labor day and I hope you enjoy the food, fun and family.
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