Labour Day always feels like the pressure is on to squeeze every last bit out of summer. It’s a most laborious way to “end” summer, with a dark cloud looming over the long weekend like being on the beach on an overcast day. What a strange and terribly confused long weekend we’ve collectively created. The workers won and eventually, in 1894, Labour Day became official each September in Canada. Since many precarious workers work more than nine hours a day, maybe it’ll kick-start a new call for workers’ rights, without the distraction of the arbitrary and false end of summer that Labour Day currently represents.

Source: thestar September 04, 2017 09:56 UTC