OK, last night I put out the garbage as it's picked up (I'm cheap once every two weeks) on Monday and a few of the neighbors did the same, but not all. This morning I heard the sound of the "Beep..Beep..Beep" as the garbage truck backed into the area to load. Man, you should have seen the others who didn't put out their garbage cans flying about the houses!
Now, how did I know they'd come today, though it's "Labor Day"?? Simple, at $37.50 per hour (Double time + Holiday Pay) do you not think even a one armed 18 year old is going to refuse that pay?? I lived with my sister and we had the garbage guy come by on a holiday and we asked and that's why he was working the shift..$$$$$
And now, for a bit of history..Sad also...:(
A tragic tale
Back in the days of the Industrial Revolution, workers were expected to put in 12-hour days, seven days a week (yes, including kids). Already sounds awful, right? It gets worse. In Pullman, Illinois, a company town that employed and housed workers to build posh railway cars, times had gotten tough. In response, George Pullman cut jobs and wages. It was 1893. Thousands of workers walked off their jobs in protest, demanding higher salaries and lower rents. Other unions joined, refusing to work the Pullman cars, turning the small-town fracas into a national fury.
With mail cars backing up, and riots worrying train execs, President Grover Cleveland stepped in. He declared the strike illegal and sent 12,000 troops to break the strike. Cue brutal protests and bloodshed. The strike was broken, but so was the spirit of the workers. To reach out to the labor movement, Congress rushed the national holiday into law. The bad will resulted in Cleveland losing re-election. But the day off for hot dogs endures.
When is it?
Labor Day falls on the first Monday of September. This year, that would be Monday, September 7. According to the Department of Labor, Congress passed an act in 1894 making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.
So, working stiffs everywhere, say it now, with feeling: Happy Labor Day.
OK, sinoć sam izbacio đubre dok se pokupi (jeftin sam jednom u dve nedelje) u ponedeljak i nekoliko komšija je uradilo isto, ali ne sve. Jutros sam čuo zvuk "bip..bip..bip" dok se kamion za smeće vraćao nazad u područje da se utovari. Čoveče, trebalo je da vidiš druge koji nisu ugasili kante za smeće kako lete po kućama!
E sad, kako sam znao da će doći danas, iako je "Praznik rada"?? Jednostavno, sa 37,50 dolara po satu (dvostruko vreme + godišnji odmor) zar ne mislite da će čak i jedan naoružani 18-godišnjak odbiti tu platu?? Živeo sam sa sestrom i svratio nam je đubretar na odmoru i pitali smo i zato je radio smenu..$$$$$
A sad malo istorije..Tužno i...:(
Tragična priča
Još u danima industrijske revolucije, od radnika se očekivalo da rade po 12 sati, sedam dana u nedelji (da, uključujući i decu). Već zvuči grozno, zar ne? Postaje gore. U Pulmanu u Ilinoisu, gradu kompanije koji je zapošljavao i smeštao radnike za izgradnju otmeninih železničkih vagona, vremena su postala teška. Kao odgovor, Džordž Pulman je smanjio radna mesta i plate. Bilo je to 1893. Hiljade radnika napustilo je svoja radna mesta u znak protesta, zahtevajući veće plate i niže kirije. Drugi sindikati su se pridružili, odbijajući da rade sa Pulmanovim automobilima, pretvarajući svađe u malom gradu u nacionalni bes.
Sa poštanskim vagonima i nemirima koji zabrinjavaju rukovodioce vozova, predsednik Grover Klivlend je umešao. On je štrajk proglasio nezakonitim i poslao 12.000 vojnika da prekinu štrajk. Označite brutalne proteste i krvoproliće. Štrajk je prekinut, ali i duh radnika. Da bi došao do radničkog pokreta, Kongres je požurio da državni praznik proglasi zakonom. Loša volja je rezultirala gubitkom Klivlenda na reizboru. Ali slobodan dan za viršle traje.
Kada je to?
Praznik rada pada na prvi ponedeljak u septembru. Ove godine, to bi bio ponedeljak, 7. septembar. Prema Ministarstvu rada, Kongres je doneo akt 1894. kojim je prvi ponedeljak u septembru svake godine zakonski praznik.
Dakle, posvuda radite ukočeno, recite to sada, sa osećanjem: srećan praznik rada.