Commentary From Mexico to the south and everywhere in between, Labor Day falls on May 1 each year. In Canada and the United States, it’s always the first Monday of September—which in 2021 means Sept. 6. Over the past century, the holiday’s purpose and meaning have changed somewhat. Early in its history, its advocates used the day to push for better working conditions, higher pay and greater bargaining, and political power for unions. Some of those things may be good in the abstract but are not without costs in reality—often in the form of fewer jobs, higher prices, economic slowdowns, and forced union membership. In more recent decades, Labor Day has come to mean little more than a nebulous celebration of work and an extra day away from it. This much is indisputable and non-political: Labor is essential to our standard of living. We don’t live in a Garden of …
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