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The Union Advantage

For the first time since I was twenty years old (that would be 43 years ago, boys and girls), this Labor Day I will be the proud member of a union, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.  

Not only that, but at this point in our history unions are winning historic victories (Starbucks, Amazon), union membership is rising, and we have a President and a Democratic Congress that are firmly on our side.

We have many, many reasons to celebrate this Labor Day.  The fight is far from over, but we are landing more punches and helping more workers each and every day.

Somehow in my yearly Labor Day post I have never used (though I did quote from it one year) "I Guess I Planted" (lyrics by Woody Guthrie, music by Billy Bragg, performed by Bragg and Wilco from their classic album, Mermaid Avenue) as my Labor Day celebration song, especially considering it's one of my favorite union songs.  So, we have two special firsts today.

Lyric Sheet:  "Union song. Union battled/All added up. Won us what we got now..."

Enjoy:

Happy Labor Day!

Peace,

emaycee