A Day of Rest and Reflection

So really now, what is labour day and what does it mean to you?
An extra day off before school starts?
The last opportunity for a family vacation?
The end of summer?

Being a blue-collar worker I believe that Labour Day really has its place as a national holiday. We are the middle-class of Canada and New Brunswick. We absorb whatever the poor can’t pay and whatever the rich refuse. We are the ones who feed you, clothe you, make you smarter, make you safer. Yet we say so little. We are the full hands to the needy and the open palms to the disciplinary have-it-alls. There is so much work done in the trenches that people don’t realize, it gets kind of funny. I do not believe in singular achievements, blue collars rarely do. We believe in unity for province and country. We believe in sharing and helping our fellow man. There is no "I" in teamwork. Today is a day for rest and reflection. Rest, so we can do better tomorrow. Reflect so we can prepare for next week, next month or even next year. But reflection should also be jointly endorsed by the ones who reap and prosper.

We represent way over 60% of Canada.

This is our day and we will gladly share it with everyone one else as; an extra day off before school starts or the last opportunity for a family vacation and even as the end of summer?

Happy Labour Day to all.