Big if. If they did that, then there would have been a huge change in the world. I suspect they would have gotten rid of all secular holidays including MLK day. They might institute a new religious holiday. Also, they would institute mandatory religion—Christianity, of course. They probably would make Islam illegal. So, yeah. That’s what would happen if the Republicans ever had the power to get rid of unions.
Canceling it would cost votes, so no. Though redefining it as “REGAL Day” (Republican’s Egregiously Gut Allied Labor Day) doesn’t seem too far fetched.
It depends. If my 7 year old nephew has to go to work in a factory when the creeps take over and gut the unions, I will have a few choice words to describe Labor Day and a few other “holidays.”
Labor day is a money maker that mainly their ilk benefits from. They wouldn’t change anything. Is this more sky is falling “if our guy loses the end will come” paranoia?
Its ok if it is because I’ve seen it from both sides.
Hmmm…not sure how to answer this as being from Chicago one of the strongest Union towns in the country and currently Mr. Rohm Democrat Emanuele Mayor is telling the Chicago Teachers Unions to shove their demands. Not sure who the real enemy of the unions are….the Lefty’s, the Righty’s or the Unions themselves???
I feel unions are a thing of the past, there are laws in place now to keep children out of the workplace and laws as to what minimum wage is. I think we will still have Labor’s Day since we all work regardless if your in a union or not. If unions were abolished then maybe only teachers that want to be in teaching would be there. They would then be paid based on performance rather than what is deemed necessary by the union contract like the rest of us that work.
Yes. For one thing, it is a paid holiday (for many employers) and they get no productivity. So they will outlaw labor Day so they don’t need to pay for non-work days.
I highly doubt that most Republicans would want to go that far. To be honest though I’ve not had a Labor Day Monday off in more than ten years (when actually working) anyways.
@rojo- I suppose when some of these “job creators” sacrifice their lives to improve working standards for those who follow then we can have a Job Creator Day.