Labor Day

This day, in honor of those who gave their lives to get us 5 day work weeks, 8 hour days, overtime and holiday pay, etc., I recommend the reissued book The Spirit of Labor, by Hutchins Hapgood. I just finished this fantastic book a couple of weeks ago. It is centered on a member of the Chicago Labor movement, Anton Johannsen, at the start of the 20th century and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in a case study of the people involved in the creation of unions, socialist ideas as it relates to workers, anarchists (real and ideological), employer/employee issues, and TPTB in Chicago around this time in the last century. Spirit was originally published in 1907 and with the recent change in labor rules eliminating overtime pay for millions of American workers...it is a real eye-opener to see that the more things change, the more they stay the same... If you haven't already, please register to vote by October 1 and vote on November 2. Remember, regime change begins at home!