#labor-day — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #labor-day, aggregated by home.social.
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“Ol’ Man River” (https://youtu.be/df4VdyGIqJ8?is=FbN-t6jqkxXhDLrO) features music composed by Jerome Kernand lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the musical “Show Boat”. It’s about the struggles of Black American. Here it’s performed by Paul Robeson
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The final movement is “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” (https://youtu.be/b9FHryvghrc?is=xz-VolrfQRIiNKQQ) which was written to somewhat imitate the sounds of dangerous cotton mill machinery
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Movement 3: “Down by the Riverside” (https://youtu.be/K7aFQMJUS5E?is=1DnFvBuliXpy-k2c) is based on the popular traditional African-American spiritual later turned into an anti-war anthem.
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Onto Movement 2: “Whose Side Are You On?” (https://youtu.be/euppwaLbByA?is=okJ-lhKrpgKbF02c) is based on the 1931 labor song written during the Harlan County War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County_War)
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And now here’s Movement 1: “Dreadful Memories” (After Aunt Molly Jackson) (https://youtu.be/Mq4mofOff8k?is=rRCiQ9fwM8-urfT_) which is part of piece “Four North American Ballads" composed by Polish-American Pianist and composer Frederic Rzewski (April 13, 1938- June 26, 2021). He is considered to be one of the most important contemporary classical composers of his generation. This movement tells the story of Kentucky coal miners.
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Are you observing Labo[u]r Day weekend?
#EvanPoll #poll #holiday #celebrate #observe #LaborDay #LabourDay
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Following that with a quick blip of the labor anthem “Solidarity Forever” (https://youtu.be/Smm4myFWN-w?is=g34AZImSUwSXkb8P) performed by Elise Bryant, director of the Labor Heritage Foundation and leader of the DC Labor Chorus. It was written & composed by American writer, artist and labor activist Ralph Chaplin in 1915.
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⏰ONE HOUR⏰ until @ 11:10pm EST/10:10pm CST when I’ll be guest hosting #SymSat with music for #LaborDay featuring Rzewski’s “North American Ballads”. Playlist available here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTfu27NDlg0TXK9rKU1XWaKhK&si=DfM7QjLra8bdMQqd) Can’t wait to see y’all there💕
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What better way to enjoy a #LaborDay Saturday night than spending an hour with host @MatthewTitus88 and the #ILikeToWatch crew for a tribute to the working class (mostly)
We clock in at the top of the hour (7pm PT/10 P ET)
Everyone's welcome. Don't be late.
Here's the playlist....https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOC1OZlgPWf0&si=umsF1zOCLwVEPLv1
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No fireworks for you until you join a Union! :blobcat_grumpy:
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started a #wikipedia article on English-born American #labor organizer Melinda Scott (1876-1954), president of the New York chapter of the Women's Trade Union League @wtul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Scott @wikiwomeninred @wikimediauk #LaborDay #Suffrage #unions @wwu
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NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==
NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDayhttps://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/117220732775069039
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CW: USPol, Labor Day
A reminder - International Workers' Day (AKA Labor Day) was on May 1st. It was designated as to commemorate a general strike of workers in the United States in 1886, which ended with the Haymarket riots / affair.
In the United States, we celebrate Labor Day in September. This is intentional.
There was a Labor Day celebrated in the US and Canada in September in the late 1800s. Then, the Second International (an international meeting of socialists, labor leaders, etc) in 1889 proposed International Workers Day as May 1st.
In the US, labor leaders did support switching over to the May 1st date. However, the fact that socialists were associated with the holiday was too much for politicians in the US. Including aggressive capitalist and groomer (look it up, he's a creep) President Grover Cleveland, who signed into law the September date.
We don't have a united labor holiday in the US that was based on an event associated with the labor movement in the US because of a Red Scare in the late 1800s.
Happy Labor Day weekend.
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NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay
https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx
#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia
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And now the moment we’ve all been waiting for: “Shake Hands With Danger” (https://youtu.be/v26fTGBEi9E?is=Ny0fS0FQlmZAXY1g)
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Caterpillar Construction made this little job site PSA in the 1950s ( https://youtu.be/CGDi5RAPXwI?is=PI4Fd4uwe6adyASH)
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Maybe “Accident Report” (https://youtu.be/P7u1SuMqB2U?is=gS4_G5p4kHZYNaW_) will teach us a less hilarious way to deal with 1980s era workplace accidents???
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Let’s learn all about what passed as 1980s “Office Safety” (https://youtu.be/FAIifL-CBGE?is=mER8sIG4N7z6IuLM)
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Before the barbecues and the last long weekend of summer take over here is a gentle nudge that you are allowed to rest!
Below is a small guide to help you actually enjoy the break.
Stay safe and remember you deserve a break from the hustle and bustle before summer ends.
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Next up is a 1960s era training video all about “Driving Safety for the United States Postal Service” (https://youtu.be/9iXbvMwDwLM?is=Ef2goN_bYKa_zX6y)
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First up is “Safety For The New Employee” (1973) (https://youtu.be/1tjoMDiObuQ?is=ND-vuexxvWS2GX8G)
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Took a quick lunch break and finished up the lettering. All done! 😎
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Grab the free discussion guide for the film as well, which explores the real-life legacy of Lilly Ledbetter. It is designed to inspire conversations around wage equity as essential to personal, economic, and social empowerment. It highlights the idea that this isn’t just about Lilly Ledbetter’s story — it’s about the right of everyone, across all backgrounds, to fair compensation. 3/n
#LaborDay #LaborHistory #LillyLedbetter #FairPay #Equity #WomenInHistory
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🎩✨ Oh, Brad Feld, the aging philosopher of Labor Day, has discovered the meaning of life at 60: it's a text message from Amy. Meanwhile, the internet collectively rolls its eyes at this groundbreaking realization that time passes. 🕰️🙄
https://feld.com/archives/2026/09/the-real-luxuries-in-life/ #BradFeld #MeaningOfLife #TextMessage #AgingPhilosopher #LaborDay #HackerNews #ngated
