TJ Walker reflects on Labor Day's origins in the 1890s and argues that organized labor's gains have been overtaken by capital. He estimates roughly 90% of workers aren't thriving under current arrangements and must solve their situation individually.
Since the 1890s.
About 90%.
Its Labor Day 2020. Many people don't realize Labor Day in the United States has been a federal holiday since the 1890s. It was originally created to celebrate and honor the organized labor movement, something where we would not have a middle class in America without that. These days, people think of it as something to generate more sales at a shopping mall. Like it or not, labor lost. I hate to say that I'm not anti labor, but capital, the forces of capital have won. We are all essentially the CEOs of our own labor staffing company in the world. For some of us, it's working out really well. But for about 90%, it's not working well. If you don't like your job, if you don't like your work arrangement, unfortunately, there's no movement or solution that's going to easily solve it. You're going to have to solve it yourself. For now.
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