<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://youtu.be/umA5dbd-O-4?si=ChOTcPwOXjVwUMsa"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/umA5dbd-O-4?si=ChOTcPwOXjVwUMsa" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#DFDFE1;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:300px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:168px;" width="300" height="168" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="maxresdefault.jpg" src="cid:63B1CEB2-389F-4F6D-8021-C4F3FD90338A"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#DFDFE1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(223, 223, 225, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/umA5dbd-O-4?si=ChOTcPwOXjVwUMsa" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">"Solidarity Forever" - American Worker's Song</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:600;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/umA5dbd-O-4?si=ChOTcPwOXjVwUMsa" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">youtu.be</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 4, 2023, at 2:08 PM, Patricia McPherson <patrinkle@icloud.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Happy Labor Day! One of my favorite Union songs:<div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Serving NFB and the community!<br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pat McPherson</span><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Phone: 330-524-8388</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">E-mail: patrinkle@icloud.com</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 21pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">National Federation of the Blind of Ohio,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 21pt; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Greater Akron Chapter, Treasurer</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 21pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 21pt;">NFB Ohio Community Service Division, President</span></div><div><br></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 4, 2023, at 8:29 AM, Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span></span><br><span>I wanted to wish you and your family a happy Labor Day and included a good</span><br><span>read.</span><br><span></span><br><span> Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union> and labor movements</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_movement> grew, diverse groups of</span><br><span>trade unionists chose a variety of days on which to celebrate labor. In the</span><br><span>United States, a September holiday called Labor Day was first proposed in</span><br><span>the early 1880s.</span><br><span>Alternative accounts of the event's origin exist. Descendants of two men</span><br><span>with similar last names claim their great-grandfather was the true father of</span><br><span>the holiday.[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> </span><br><span>According to one early history of Labor Day, the event originated in</span><br><span>connection with a General Assembly of the Knights of Labor</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Labor> convened in New York City</span><br><span>in September 1882.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> In</span><br><span>connection with this clandestine Knights assembly, a public parade of</span><br><span>various labor organizations was held on September 5 under the auspices of</span><br><span>the Central Labor Union <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Labor_Union></span><br><span>(CLU) of New York.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> Secretary</span><br><span>of the CLU Matthew Maguire</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Maguire_(labor_activist)> is</span><br><span>credited for first proposing that a national Labor Day holiday subsequently</span><br><span>be held on the first Monday of each September in the aftermath of this</span><br><span>successful public demonstration.[9]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> [7]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> </span><br><span>An alternative theory maintains that the idea of Labor Day was the</span><br><span>brainchild of Peter J. McGuire</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._McGuire> , a vice president of the</span><br><span>American Federation of Labor</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Federation_of_Labor> , who, after a</span><br><span>visit to Toronto <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto> where he saw</span><br><span>parades celebrating labor that May,[10]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> [11]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> had put forward the initial</span><br><span>proposal in the spring of 1882.[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day></span><br><span>According to McGuire, on May 8, 1882, he made a proposition to the fledgling</span><br><span>Central Labor Union in New York City that a day be set aside for a "general</span><br><span>holiday for the laboring classes".[12]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> According to McGuire he further</span><br><span>recommended that the event should begin with a street parade as a public</span><br><span>demonstration of organized labor's solidarity and strength, with the march</span><br><span>followed by a picnic, to which participating local unions could sell tickets</span><br><span>as a fundraiser.[12] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> According to</span><br><span>McGuire he suggested the first Monday in September as an ideal date for such</span><br><span>a public celebration, owing to optimum weather and the date's place on the</span><br><span>calendar, sitting midway between the Fourth of July</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_of_July> and Thanksgiving</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving> public holidays.[12]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> </span><br><span>Labor Day picnics and other public gatherings frequently featured speeches</span><br><span>by prominent labor leaders.[13] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> </span><br><span>In 1909, the American Federation of Labor convention designated the Sunday</span><br><span>preceding Labor Day as "Labor Sunday", to be dedicated to the spiritual and</span><br><span>educational aspects of the labor movement.[9]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> This secondary date failed to</span><br><span>gain significant traction in popular culture, although some churches</span><br><span>continue to acknowledge it.[14] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> </span><br><span>Legal recognition[edit</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labor_Day&action=edit§ion=3></span><br><span>]</span><br><span>The popularity of the event spread across the country. In 1887, Oregon</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon> became the first state of the United</span><br><span>States to make Labor Day an official public holiday</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday> . By 1894, thirty U.S. states</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._states> were already officially</span><br><span>celebrating Labor Day. In that year, Congress</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress> passed a bill</span><br><span>recognizing the first Monday of September as Labor Day and making it an</span><br><span>official federal holiday</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States> .</span><br><span>President Grover Cleveland signed the bill into law on June 28.[15]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> [4]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> The federal law, however, only</span><br><span>made it a holiday for federal workers. As late as the 1930s, unions were</span><br><span>encouraging workers to strike to make sure they got the day off.[16]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> All U.S. states, the District of</span><br><span>Columbia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.> , and the United</span><br><span>States territories</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States> have</span><br><span>subsequently made Labor Day a statutory holiday.[17]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> Labor Day became a federal</span><br><span>holiday shortly after the Pullman Strike</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Strike> .</span><br><span>Labor Day versus May Day[edit</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labor_Day&action=edit§ion=4></span><br><span>]</span><br><span></span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Labor_Day_parade_on_Pennsylvania_Avenue,</span><br><span>_Washington,_D.C._LCCN2017645684.jpg> Labor Day parade on Pennsylvania</span><br><span>Avenue in Washington, D.C. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.></span><br><span>, c. 1894</span><br><span>The date of May 1 (an ancient European folk holiday known as May Day</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day> ) emerged in 1886 as an alternative</span><br><span>holiday for the celebration of labor, later becoming known as International</span><br><span>Workers' Day <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day> .</span><br><span>The date had its origins at the 1885 convention of the American Federation</span><br><span>of Labor, which passed a resolution calling for adoption of the eight-hour</span><br><span>day <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day> effective May 1,</span><br><span>1886.[18] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> While negotiation was</span><br><span>envisioned for achievement of the shortened work day, use of the strike to</span><br><span>enforce this demand was recognized, with May 1 advocated as a date for</span><br><span>coordinated strike action.[18] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day></span><br><span>The proximity of the date to the bloody Haymarket affair</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair> of May 4, 1886, further</span><br><span>accentuated May First's radical reputation.[14]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> </span><br><span>There was disagreement among labor unions at this time about when a holiday</span><br><span>celebrating workers should be, with some advocating for continued emphasis</span><br><span>of the September march-and-picnic date while others sought the designation</span><br><span>of the more politically charged date of May 1. Conservative Democratic</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)> President</span><br><span>Grover Cleveland <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland> was one</span><br><span>of those concerned that a labor holiday on May 1 would tend to become a</span><br><span>commemoration of the Haymarket affair</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair> and would strengthen</span><br><span>socialist</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_socialist_movement_in_the_Unit</span><br><span>ed_States> and anarchist</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_in_the_United_States> movements</span><br><span>that backed the May 1 commemoration around the globe.[19]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> In 1887, he publicly supported</span><br><span>the September Labor Day holiday as a less inflammatory alternative,[20]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> formally adopting the date as a</span><br><span>United States federal holiday through a law that he signed in 1894.[9]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> </span><br><span>Since the mid-1950s, the United States has celebrated Loyalty Day</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalty_Day> and Law Day</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Day_(United_States)> on May 1. Unlike</span><br><span>Labor Day, neither are legal public holidays (in that government agencies</span><br><span>and most businesses do not shut down to celebrate them) and therefore have</span><br><span>remained relatively obscure. Loyalty Day is formally celebrated in a few</span><br><span>cities, while some bar associations</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_association> hold Law Day events to</span><br><span>celebrate the rule of law <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_law> .[21]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> [22]</span><br><span><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day> </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Richard Payne, President</span><br><span>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio</span><br><span>937/829/3368</span><br><span>Rchpay7@gmail.com <mailto:Rchpay7@gmail.com> </span><br><span>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the</span><br><span>characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the</span><br><span>expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles</span><br><span>between blind people and our dreams. 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