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| The country’s first Labor Day parade in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882. This sketch appeared in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. |
Still, it puts a quasi-focus on labor -- the folks who make whatever widgets need to be built and on the economic disparities that seemed to contribute to Labor Day's nationwide ascendancy.
I wonder: If "productivity" -- a buzz word on the labor front these days -- is largely defined by widget-producing management, at what point does labor get a chance to determine productivity of that management?
As I understand history, the workers only had a say when there was a shortage of workers and the bidding for their time sent some wealth to the bottom. This would happen after a plague and or war and would lead to a bit of a renaissance. But under usual circumstances, labor is just a commodity.
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