Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Labor Movement

  • I love Labor Day. Particularly since it is the day of celebrating workers and the sacrifices and contributions that labor gives to the economy. We can go around pretending that it is a day for cookouts and signaling the end of summer, and not a celebration of unions and what they have brought us, such…

  • What do we think of when we hear the word labor?  And what might those things have to do with Labor Day?  As we all kick back, eating hamburgers and drinking beer in that holiday vibe that says “one last hoorah” for summer, let’s keep a few things in mind. Labor as work.    We…