- - - - - NEWS FROM BARBARA BOXER, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA - - - - -
September 03, 2011
Dear Weco:
On Labor Day 2011, people all over the United States will gather to honor the men and women who helped build the American Dream. On this day, we honor those leaders whose vision and determination set the course for dignity for all of America’s workers.
And we honor today’s workers: the men and women who harvest our food, teach our children, deliver our mail, clean our streets and office buildings, and build our homes, roads, and vehicles.
Many of the most important accomplishments for working men and women are fruits of organized labor’s efforts. The eight-hour workday, Social Security, health insurance, unemployment and disability insurance, occupational safety standards, fair wages and decent working conditions – labor fought to win these protections for all Americans.
Today, labor’s great legacy is under threat. Labor Day 2011 finds millions of American workers unemployed, millions more underemployed, and workers’ rights being attacked in Congress and in state legislatures across the nation.
To meet this threat, we must all work together to protect the prosperity and hard-fought gains won by generations of working Americans.
You can count on me to keep fighting to defend the right to organize, save Social Security and Medicare, and keep the nation’s focus on creating jobs, not protecting tax breaks for corporations, millionaires, and billionaires.
The goals of working men and women are key to a strong America. By standing with working Americans, we will make America a prosperous nation with opportunity for all.
Sincerely,
Barbara Boxer
United States Senator
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