A historical piece from 2008 just as I was realizing I was unemployed, and what I was going to do about the whole thing! Happy Labour Day 2008!
I am either driving around Kitchener dropping my daughter off at University and setting up her dorm room, or I am on the phone with my wife discussing how to set up her computer in that room.
Labor Day kicks off a wild and wacky September for me, which will include me looking for a job, so this long weekend, is not as relaxing as it has been in previous years, that is for sure.
Labor Day weekend is the symbolic end of the summer for both workers and students alike. In Quebec students have already started school again, whereas in Ontario most schools start on September 2nd or at the latest on the 8th (like our universities).
I drag out my yearly picture of Karl Marx to show how the workers (proletariat) control the means of production! To my working brethren and sisters:
Happy Labour Day 2008!
Previous Labour Days
- Ironic Labour Numbers on Labour Day for August (2015). s it ironic when you publish Labour Numbers for Canada in 2015 on the Labour Day weekend? Maybe.
- Happy Labour Day 2014 . The workers control the means of production and shall rise up and smite the ruling class! Oh and Happy Labour Day as well.
- The Workers Control the Means of Production, Happy Labour Day 2013. Celebrate the Worker’s control of the means of production with Labour Day. Honour the hardworking farmers, factory, cooks, and cleaning staff of Canada. Happy Labour Day!
- Happy Labour Day and Sunday’s #best 2012. This Labour Day, check out an exposé on the Canadian Political Spectrum, Thalidomide, and back to school for some! #labourday
- Happy Labor Day! (2010). Labour Day Thoughts Labor Day weekend is the symbolic end of the summer for both workers and students alike.
- Happy Labor Day (2008). Today we celebrate the workers control of the means of production, or Labor Day ! Typically the end of the summer for most too.
- Happy Labour Day 2007. Happy Labour Day 2007 to all my brothers and sisters in the union movements who control the means of production! Labor Day is to celebrate!
interesting, perhaps I missed the point, did not realize your daughter is coming to KW region
This is funny, I believe Mr. Cheap (co-blogger from Four Pillars) is also in KW region as well attending UW for grad school
I am UW alumni working in town
Small world
People who speak english spell it Labour:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day