Our labor built this country, and our people deserve to thrive in it.
From the kidnapping and enslavement of our ancestors to the underpaid and overworked labor of today, this country has built its wealth and power on the backs of our labor while denying our communities that same prosperity. Through it all, our people organized, built unions, went on strike, and cared for one another. Labor Day grew from workers’ organizing, but its federal recognition helped to distance it from May Day’s deep roots of international worker solidarity. We cannot allow the celebration of our labor to erase the struggle behind it. This Labor Day, we demand an economy built on care for our families and communities, that places people’s needs ahead of billionaires and their profits.See it on Instagram ↗