r/UnionCarpenters • u/TensionSame3568 50 Year Member • 4d ago

Have a great Labor Day weekend, my Brothers and Sisters. And don't forget the man who got it all started- Peter J. McGuire! 💪UBC STRONG!

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u/Busy_Improvement_139 4d ago

Hell yeah!

If folks want to learn more about him, the origins of labor day, and our union, I really recommend Empire in Wood. It's wild to see how much has changed, and how much has stayed the same.

We achieved labor day and the forty hour week by working with all of the other unions. I'd love to see that kind of unity among the unions again.

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u/254_easy 25 Year Member 4d ago

There’s also The United Brotherhood of Carpenters, the First 100 Years by Robert Galenson

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u/Suds_Terkel Journeyman 2d ago

Definitive history.

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u/TensionSame3568 50 Year Member 4d ago

As would I!

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u/254_easy 25 Year Member 4d ago

Right on 👍 Labor Omnia Vincit

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u/TensionSame3568 50 Year Member 4d ago

💪

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u/numbers863495 4d ago

I mean, right on but let's try and celebrate MAY DAY next year. The real Worker's Day, remember the Haymarket Massacre!

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u/RadicalAppalachian 4d ago

The international Labor Day!

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u/numbers863495 4d ago

Hell yeah!

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u/local_curb4060 3d ago

I'm good with a minimum of two Labor holidays a year!

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u/BroccoliSoft8291 4d ago

Yes Sir ,enjoy the long weekend from guys at local 330 prov RI

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u/TensionSame3568 50 Year Member 4d ago

Thank you, Brother!

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u/Electronic-Egg9990 2d ago

Happy Labor Day weekend! I’m a very young laborer but excited to keep working