How This Union Member Celebrates Labor Day

I proudly belong to two writers unions. Here's why.

Sep 02, 2024

**A section of the Diego Rivera murals—an homage to Detroit factory workers—at the Detroit Institute of Arts. My homage to the muralists who worked on them with Rivera.**

Happy Labor Day, Everlastings. I thought I’d share the piece I posted on Constant Commoner today, since it’s about labor and unions and why, as a writer, I proudly belong to two of them. If you didn’t know there are unions for writers and freelancers, the links are there, along with a kind of love letter to labor.

I hope you’ll read it and share it today. Thanks!

Constant Commoner

Labor Day: The Day We Celebrate Unions Giving Workers a Chance.

Labor Day is important to me, not because it’s a holiday and we get a three-day weekend. And not because I’m a Detroiter, though that may be part of it. No, it means more than that, it means we’ve given over the first Monday in September to celebrate the workers in this country…

3 months ago · 48 likes · 15 comments · Ramona Grigg

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