Labor Day 1956!

[kpete]

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/09/02/divide-by-cucumber-error-please-reinstall-universe-and-reboot/

[gopiscrap]

1. wow imagine that

you certainly wouldn't find that today

[northoftheborder]

2. Explains why a lot of the labor force voted Republican for a long time, even after it was no....

.....longer in their interest to do so.

[chervilant]

3. How ironic!

And, I soooo love a nice graphic to illustrate the ever enveloping radical income inequity that threatens our very existence.

[Brother Buzz]

4. I'm sending that to my progressive sister - she was born 04 September 1956

Mom always said that was the genuine Labor Day!

[progressoid]

5. SOSHALISTS!!!1!

[LisaLynne]

6. My, how times change. nt

[rug]

7. They were in the middle of a campaign to re-elect an incumbent republican president.

[Rebellious Republican]

8. Priceless!

[Frustratedlady]

9. I graduated high school in 1956, and...

never applied for a job I didn't get. In those days, if you liked your job and the company liked you, you were there for as long as you liked.

I got a 10% raise each year, excellent reviews and the company knew my name and even my family. We were one big, happy family. The company was into the space program and took pride in what we produced and pride with every shot into outer space. It was a great time to work.

Eventually, it was bought by a major corporation and we became a number, raises were immediately lowered to a ceiling of 3% and morale went through the floor. It was just a matter of a few years and the company was moved south for cheap labor near the Mexican border and within a couple years, it was closed.

[secondvariety]

10. They even

had the poster printed in a Union shop (Union bug down in the right hand corner).