Labor Day is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance in 1882, there is still a need to recognize that America’s workers deserve a yearly national tribute to the contributions they have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
On Monday, Borderland residents will gather to again recognize the contributions made by our nation’s workers. The Koochiching Labor Assembly and the city of International Falls will offer from 4-7 p.m. Monday a Labor Day picnic at Smokey Bear Park.
Mike Holden, president of the assembly, said the picnic is intended to include all walks of labor, not just union members.
The goal of a Labor Day picnic in International Falls, he said, is to remind people of the importance of the holiday. And, he said, he hopes this year’s picnic will spark a new Labor Day tradition in the community similar to how the day was celebrated in International Falls in the 1950s and ‘60s.
The United State Department of Labor says the vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy.
It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute each year on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.
