08-07-2008, 03:41 AM
Seems kind of ironic to me that a Union would get rid of a holiday that was created by the Federal Government because of the Unions.
The thing that really bugs me about this is the fact they changed a Traditional American Holiday for a Religous Holiday. Labor Day has been around since 1894 and it is one of the few holidays that is observed by just about everyone in our country. It is meant to celebrate the trials and tribulations of the working class men and women that made our country the best place in the world to live.
IMHO this is no different than if a Union outside of Utah had a majority of LDS membership and they wanted to celebrate the 24th of July and in return they would give up the 4th of July. Nobody would stand for that if it were to happen ,so I understand why many people are upset about the giving up on Labor Day.
If the Union wanted the Religous holiday off they should have fought to get an extra holiday off, rather than giving up an American Tradition to acheive their goal.
Once an American Tradition is given up we never get it back. Just look at the Pledge of Allegiance; we no longer can say it in Public Schools because someone may get offended because of the word God.
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The thing that really bugs me about this is the fact they changed a Traditional American Holiday for a Religous Holiday. Labor Day has been around since 1894 and it is one of the few holidays that is observed by just about everyone in our country. It is meant to celebrate the trials and tribulations of the working class men and women that made our country the best place in the world to live.
IMHO this is no different than if a Union outside of Utah had a majority of LDS membership and they wanted to celebrate the 24th of July and in return they would give up the 4th of July. Nobody would stand for that if it were to happen ,so I understand why many people are upset about the giving up on Labor Day.
If the Union wanted the Religous holiday off they should have fought to get an extra holiday off, rather than giving up an American Tradition to acheive their goal.
Once an American Tradition is given up we never get it back. Just look at the Pledge of Allegiance; we no longer can say it in Public Schools because someone may get offended because of the word God.
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