WASHINGTON–Earlier this month, Americans nationwide celebrated Labor Day, honoring the men and women who built our country with their toil and talents.  Labor Day is traditionally a day of parades and picnics.  But it should also be a day to honestly acknowledge the jobs that make our great middle class possible are disappearing. While our economy has shown promising signs […]

America was built and continues to run today on the sweat and sacrifice of millions of hard working people. Rightly so, we will pause this Labor Day to celebrate the invaluable contributions American workers have made over the course of our nation’s history.

This Labor Day I would like to recognize and personally thank you for the important work that you have done and that you continue to do. As an educator, you make our future brighter by making a difference in the lives of so many young children. That is why this Labor Day, I humbly ask you to join me in honoring your colleagues and fellow workers in all trades. You can do this by taking a moment to send a simple message of thanks with the AFL-CIO’s new easy-to-use tool that allows you to send video or e-card messages to the people whose work helps make your life better.