Labour Unions Fought A Bloody Battle For Fair Working Conditions

On this Labour Day long weekend take some time to reflect on the men and women who put their lives on the line to make it happen. It took people who were willing to stand up and fight for it.
It took unions of workers who were ready to face the rifles of militiamen and refuse to go home. It took people who were willing to spill their blood and give their own lives to make the United States (and Canada) a place where a family could get by without sending their children off to work in the factories.

Take a look at Lewis Hine photos from the era of child labour and then tell me that the good old days were better for ordinary working people.