Another Labor Day to Celebrate an Historic Year of Union Progress — And the Fight Ahead

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Another Labor Day is upon us.

Normally this a day we use to commemorate the end of summer when kids return to school, the weather gets cooler (or at least is supposed to), and we start preparing for the holidays and end of the year. Retail loves to use it to push more sales.

But let’s not ignore the fact that Labor Day came about after years of relentless pressure from labor unions and activist groups in an attempt to amplify the contributions unions have made to the United States.

Unions made America.

They created the American middle class.

This year we celebrate a unionization renaissance as more companies have won the right to collectively bargain and lawmakers have…