Labor Day

Labor Day is celebrated to honor the contributions of workers. In 1965, the state of Michigan enacted legislation that enabled public school employees to organize. I don't have a timeline, but I have memories of MoM supporting the local efforts to unionize and collectively bargain. As a child, I didn't realize what courage it would take for my mother to canvas door-to-door for support of a teachers' strike. She found it and did it.

Wait a minute, let me think. Where is it? Found it.

There it is: a silver platter offering the union's best wishes on her retirement.