Since 1886, when President Grover Cleveland declared the first Monday in September as Labor Day, most big cities held huge parades to celebrate the trade union movement and the struggle for workers' right. Is it a sign of the labor movement's success or failure that today few cities still hold Labor Day parades anymore?
On the one hand, by lifting many working people out of poverty and into the middle class, unions helped provide Americans with the economic security to...
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