I don't think people have heard enough about the history of labor unions. In countries as close as Mexico, in order to attract large companies in they keep cheap labor with poor living standard and meet union organization too often with violence. ...and you wonder why Mexicans have come over the border -- for better jobs -- or perhaps traffic in weapons and drugs for better money?
Dishonesty and greed is killing us all. That's what attracted the Labor Unions and that's what destroyed them. Today, Labor Day to most Americans is nothing more than the final holiday ending the long summer.
Labor Unions created products bringing the capital that allowed the Corporations to expand and promote the well made productions made by the well treated and well paid Labor Unions who could afford to buy these products because they were well paid. Now we are stuck with cheap labor and poorly made products that don't last long and more domestic unemployment or those not being paid enough to buy the best products we use to make when we had strong labor laws.
@ToxicOdiousOne Labor Unions created products bringing the capital that allowed the Corporations to expand and promote the well made productions made by the well treated and well paid Labor Unions who could afford to buy these products because they were well paid. Now we are stuck with cheap labor and poorly made products that don't last long and more domestic unemployment or those not being paid enough to buy the best products we use to make when we had strong labor laws.
Would love to see this with subtitles; as a teacher this would be great to show but the foreign exchange students have a hard time with it; how about French and Spanish?
Happy Labor Day to my fellow Union members. It was the hard work of those who went before us, that gave us the freedoms and rights at work that we have today.
I don’t agree with everything labor unions do these days, but if it wasn’t for unions we may still have children working in jobs, dangerous jobs at that being paid sub wages! My dad was born in 1899, and worked in the coalmines of W.V. as a child before child labor laws were enacted! My dad and others like him worked in unsafe work conditions in the mines until the unions came in! Everything has some bad parts to it!
@metrailertramp - Unions like most other movements have had their day. The unemployment, and lack of funds to support their demands are as out dated as the high pay the leaders are receiving. The l920's and l930 have come and gone...........We are now a user Nation, not a producing one.
Enjoy the long holiday everyone and don't forget what Labor Day stands for. Those of us lucky enough to have a job can enjoy the day off and say goodbye to summer. Enjoy and learn from this interesting video. Remember, the day we stop learning we are either in a coma or dead!
I agree. I don't really want Labor Day. I want the unfettered right to organize with my co-workers for the purpose of negotiating the true value of our work, disputing unjust treatment, and demanding a safe working environment. Since the establishment is unwilling to grant me that I'll take my 8 extra hours of pay. The Labor movement was never about free money. It was always haggling over the value of labor rather than having it dictated by the buyer.
The beginning of the end was Taft-Hartley in 1947, which was passed despite Truman vetoing it. You can find info about the act on Wikipedia.
The last coffin nail was when Reagan fired 10,000 striking air-traffic controllers in the 80's. After that corporate America took the hint that the government was no longer supporting Labor, and it was open season on worker's rights. That, among other things, has brought us 30 years of wage stagnation and zero job security or bargaining power.
Stop whinning! We have it better than any other country in the world. I don't see anyone protesting like our mother's and father's did way back when. I see people sitting in their "union" jobs complaining that they should be making more money while they are playing solitare on their office computer! You just can't sit by and complain YOU HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE...but no , you won't because you are afraid to loose "your" job.
Today is the "ME" generation and what you sow is what you get!
A high percentage of Americans bought foreign cars instead of buying American .
That's so funny since foreigners love our Mustangs and Cameros. If you won't support your American brothers and sisters then stop complaining. Go to another country and work 20 hrs a day with 1 minute to pee (maybe).
Are we any further along today? Florida's pay scale is tantamount to indentured slavery. People seem beaten down here in the working class. What has happened to this movement? It seems to have been rendered impotent.
I don't think people have heard enough about the history of labor unions. In countries as close as Mexico, in order to attract large companies in they keep cheap labor with poor living standard and meet union organization too often with violence. ...and you wonder why Mexicans have come over the border -- for better jobs -- or perhaps traffic in weapons and drugs for better money?
JKEJulian 6 months ago
and this is what the tea baggers are fighting against?
Dahgrostabphri 6 months ago
happy Labor Day
mmeservey 6 months ago
Sounds like Ronald Reagan narrating at the end. Boy did he switch. From leading the screen actors guild to firing air traffic controllers.
rtd00001 6 months ago 2
hey this video helped my 6 yr old nephew understand what labor day is thank you :D
TehWorldRulerKitteh 6 months ago 2
Dishonesty and greed is killing us all. That's what attracted the Labor Unions and that's what destroyed them. Today, Labor Day to most Americans is nothing more than the final holiday ending the long summer.
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Freedomloveandtruth 9 months ago
labor day was originally on may 1st
thebteam300 11 months ago 3
@thebteam300 labour day is still on may 1 in most countries. We Canadians go by the YEW ASS!
bornagain66 6 months ago
@bornagain66 Uhm. I don think I posted that comment looks like someone has hacked my youtube account...
thebteam300 6 months ago
Sounds like on bitter loser at the polls. ToxicOdious One sounds like a sore loser!
dseng757 1 year ago
wouldn't you know. it took an irishman to stand up for labor.
dseng757 1 year ago
Labor Unions created products bringing the capital that allowed the Corporations to expand and promote the well made productions made by the well treated and well paid Labor Unions who could afford to buy these products because they were well paid. Now we are stuck with cheap labor and poorly made products that don't last long and more domestic unemployment or those not being paid enough to buy the best products we use to make when we had strong labor laws.
JKEJulian 1 year ago
@ToxicOdiousOne Labor Unions created products bringing the capital that allowed the Corporations to expand and promote the well made productions made by the well treated and well paid Labor Unions who could afford to buy these products because they were well paid. Now we are stuck with cheap labor and poorly made products that don't last long and more domestic unemployment or those not being paid enough to buy the best products we use to make when we had strong labor laws.
JKEJulian 1 year ago
@ToxicOdiousOne Labor precede Capital.
JKEJulian 1 year ago
Would love to see this with subtitles; as a teacher this would be great to show but the foreign exchange students have a hard time with it; how about French and Spanish?
Monmouthowl 1 year ago
In other words, Labor Day is the worst holiday of the year
FreeBirdInc 1 year ago
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jaynarey 1 year ago
Happy Labor Day to my fellow Union members. It was the hard work of those who went before us, that gave us the freedoms and rights at work that we have today.
av8tor17b 1 year ago 5
I don’t agree with everything labor unions do these days, but if it wasn’t for unions we may still have children working in jobs, dangerous jobs at that being paid sub wages! My dad was born in 1899, and worked in the coalmines of W.V. as a child before child labor laws were enacted! My dad and others like him worked in unsafe work conditions in the mines until the unions came in! Everything has some bad parts to it!
teamstermancollier 1 year ago 2
Fuck the Unions!!
vr66r 1 year ago
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HarborGuy 1 year ago
@HarborGuy Nice spelling. Organize or Die!!!
metrailertramp 1 year ago
@metrailertramp - Unions like most other movements have had their day. The unemployment, and lack of funds to support their demands are as out dated as the high pay the leaders are receiving. The l920's and l930 have come and gone...........We are now a user Nation, not a producing one.
HarborGuy 1 year ago
Enjoy the long holiday everyone and don't forget what Labor Day stands for. Those of us lucky enough to have a job can enjoy the day off and say goodbye to summer. Enjoy and learn from this interesting video. Remember, the day we stop learning we are either in a coma or dead!
lagosto100 1 year ago 2
I agree. I don't really want Labor Day. I want the unfettered right to organize with my co-workers for the purpose of negotiating the true value of our work, disputing unjust treatment, and demanding a safe working environment. Since the establishment is unwilling to grant me that I'll take my 8 extra hours of pay. The Labor movement was never about free money. It was always haggling over the value of labor rather than having it dictated by the buyer.
dfheato 2 years ago
The beginning of the end was Taft-Hartley in 1947, which was passed despite Truman vetoing it. You can find info about the act on Wikipedia.
The last coffin nail was when Reagan fired 10,000 striking air-traffic controllers in the 80's. After that corporate America took the hint that the government was no longer supporting Labor, and it was open season on worker's rights. That, among other things, has brought us 30 years of wage stagnation and zero job security or bargaining power.
dfheato 2 years ago 2
Stop whinning! We have it better than any other country in the world. I don't see anyone protesting like our mother's and father's did way back when. I see people sitting in their "union" jobs complaining that they should be making more money while they are playing solitare on their office computer! You just can't sit by and complain YOU HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE...but no , you won't because you are afraid to loose "your" job.
Today is the "ME" generation and what you sow is what you get!
BrooklynBabe 2 years ago
Just look at the CASH FOR CLUNKERS.
A high percentage of Americans bought foreign cars instead of buying American .
That's so funny since foreigners love our Mustangs and Cameros. If you won't support your American brothers and sisters then stop complaining. Go to another country and work 20 hrs a day with 1 minute to pee (maybe).
BrooklynBabe 2 years ago
Bargaining power...new empoyees don't even bother to vote anymore or attend meetings...but they do want more MONEY!
BrooklynBabe 2 years ago
it started before that in 1913 when our government was effectively taken over by the people who started the federal reserve
Teph87 2 years ago
Are we any further along today? Florida's pay scale is tantamount to indentured slavery. People seem beaten down here in the working class. What has happened to this movement? It seems to have been rendered impotent.
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