September 23 is not always the end of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but when it is… we call it NATIONAL AUTUMNAL EQUINOX DAY! Today’s holiday didn’t actually commence until 2:49 AM, but once it starts, Summer officially ends. We knew this was coming. The kids have been back at school for weeks, your Labor …
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 9/23/23 – AUTUMNAL EQUINOX DAY! Read More »
If you are off from work today, thank the Labor Movement. If you are getting paid to barbecue and have some laughs with friends and family, doing no labor, thank a union on LABOR DAY! The Labor Movement was not just a series of strikes, demonstrations and demands for better wages and working conditions, but …
The Winter Festival of All Hallows that began on Halloween in Medieval England, where the Lord of Misrule turned the world upside down or some such nonsense in a combination of Celtic, Roman and Pagan celebrations, somehow surrendered its final day to Christmas Season, making tonight TWELFTH NIGHT! If that’s not clear as a …
As usual during economic hardships, the right wing is going after the unions again, trying to convince America that the organizations most responsible for gaining for every American worker an 8 hour work day, overtime pay, safety regulations, workers’ compensation, child labor laws, unemployment insurance and Social Security. What would the alternative to unions be? …
