Enjoying The Fruits Of Labor
Posted on August 1, 2008 at 1:08 pmKatie Allison Granju explains why Somali immigrants getting the day off from their jobs at Tyson on a Muslim holy day, rather than Labor Day, is a good thing:
[T]he holiday switch was apparently negotiated as part of a new collective bargaining agreement by Tyson’s labor union. So although these Somali immigrants may not actually celebrate Labor Day, they certainly are benefitting from the hard work and advocacy of the organized American labor movement - the movement that which Labor Day honors and recognizes.
Unlike a lot of the critics who will gnash their teeth and wail bitterly about what this holiday switcheroo represents for America, I suggest that it’s actually an example of America at its best.
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