Republicans Co-opt Labor Day Praise to Burnish Their Populist Worker Image

Happy Labor Day, to bad republicans didn't do anything to make this day!!! Thank the Unions gave workers 40 hrs work week, overtime, strong labor laws and OSHE. !

Unfortunately, saying "Happy Labor Day" is as far as we go to honor our workers.

GOP spends Labor Day touting August jobs, Dems lift up union workers. For politicians, Labor Day is still a midterm messaging moment, as Democrats celebrate union workers

Labor Day was started by socialists. So we are basically wishing people 'happy union/anti-capitalism' day.

GOP spends Labor Day touting August jobs, Dems lift up union workers. For politicians, Labor Day is still a midterm messaging moment, as Democrats celebrate union workers and Republicans tout August's job report numbers

Happy Labor Day we love you Senator

Trump promises midterm victory, slams Democrats in Labor Day message. President Trump on Monday promised victory in the upcoming midterm elections for the GOP and went after Democrats in a Labor Day message posted to social media. "Happy Labor Day to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics,

Remember that Labor Day celebrates the Labor movement, Unions, and Workers.

You want to celebrate Labor Day? Thank a union.

Happy Labor Day! Today, I’m thankful for unions and the workers who fought, and sometimes risked everything, to build a better working life for all of us. Because of organized labor and the people who took to the streets to demand better conditions, we have things many of us now take for granted: the 40-hour workweek, minimum wage laws, child labor protections, workplace safety standards, overtime pay, weekends, and the right to organize. These rights weren’t simply handed to workers. People fought for them. They marched, organized, went on strike, and stood together because they believed working people deserved dignity, safety, and a fair chance to make a living. And yet, we continue to see efforts, particularly from Republican lawmakers and conservative groups, to weaken unions and make it harder for workers to organize and collectively bargain. When unions are weakened, workers lose an important voice in the workplace. So today, let’s remember what Labor Day is actually about: working people. Thank you to every worker who came before us and fought for the rights we have today, and to the workers who continue that fight for the generations that come next. Happy Labor Day. Stand with workers. Stand with unions.

Happy Labor Day. Do not take for granted the achievements of the labor movement. * Establishing the 8-hour workday and 40-hour workweek #8hourworkday #40hourworkweek * Securing minimum wage laws #minimumwage * Improving workplace safety #workplacesafety * Advocating for child labor laws #childlabor * Fighting for overtime pay #overtimepay * Bargaining for employee benefits like healthcare and retirement plans #employeebenefits #healthcare #retirementplans * Increasing wages and improving working conditions #wages #workingconditions * Advocating for equal pay for equal work #equalpay * Providing job security and protection against discrimination #jobsecurity #antidiscrimination Thank you #laborunions #UnionStrong #unionpower

Yeah, happy Labor Day to all the federal employees who've been laid off due to DOGE and Trump's inane policies.

On LaborDay, we celebrate and honor the hardworking Americans who keep our communities, businesses, and economy moving forward. Thank you for your dedication, perseverance, and contributions every day. Wishing everyone a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable holiday with family and loved ones!

Happy Labor Day from a congressman the AFL-CIO gives an 8% score for 2025 and 32% lifetime on votes it identifies as important to working people. Nothing says “thank you” quite like praising workers one day a year while earning that voting record the rest of the time. Save the Facebook post. Workers can read the receipts.

Trump Marks Labor Day With Midterm Election Vow. The president used a holiday honoring the contributions of American workers to slam his political rivals

Gary, you do know that Labor Day honors progressive programs such as overtime, the minimum wage, health care coverage, 40 hour work weeks, workplace safety, pensions, unions, the right to organize, on and on. You might watch out because your support for workers rights might cause your high dollar contributors to think you’re going woke.

Happy labor day. Thank you for all you do Secretary Scott Turner 🇺🇸

Here it is: Trent Kelly's obligatory Labor Day post. Labor Day wasn't created simply to celebrate workers. It emerged from a struggle over the relationship between workers, employers, and political power. The Department of Labor itself describes it as a celebration of the “social and economic achievements” of American workers, rooted in the labor movement of the late 19th century. The first Labor Day parade was held in New York in 1882, and Congress made it a national holiday in 1894. And many of the things we now regard as ordinary features of working life were not gifts bestowed by enlightened employers: 🔹 the eight-hour workday 🔹 restrictions on child labor 🔹 the minimum wage 🔹 overtime protections 🔹 workplace safety regulation 🔹 collective bargaining 🔹 limits on exploitation and abusive working conditions 🔹 weekends and other forms of paid or protected time off The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, for example, prohibited oppressive child labor, established a federal minimum wage, and imposed a maximum workweek. These reforms came after decades of organizing, strikes, political activism, and sometimes enormous personal sacrifice by workers. Trent is on the wrong side of history! He and his party want to kill Labor Unions and take away rights of workers that are celebrated on Labor Day. He wants to cut and ultimately end Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and other programs that came out of the progressive movement and the New Deal. Trent traded his votes for corporate and billionaire PAC and lobbyist dollars. He betrays American and Mississippi workers and their families. His allegiance to his donors and illiberal, authoritarian kleptocracy is why he won't hold Town Halls, won't debate Cliff Johnson for Congress, or justify why Mississippians should give him another term to continue to harm us. His Labor Day wishes are hypocrisy. He's happy that workers are filling the coffers of the rich, he's happy that the wealthy are gaining more wealth on the backs of workers, and he's happy that the gap between the wealthy and the rest of us is growing. #wherestrent #cliffjohnsonforcongress

Thank your union for our labor and remember, if it wasn’t because of unions, 10 year old kids would be still working in mines, there’ll be no weekends off, Work safety or benefits. Also remember, Republicans land MAGA like Mast and Trump are against unions, because it’s all about profit, they’re always against workers rights and in the side of corporations and big business. Go and enjoy the holiday now.

You do know Labor Day was created to celebrate labor unions and the power of collective bargaining, right?

Labor Unions got us this holiday

Thank a democrat for this extended Labor Day weekend!!

Labor unions pushed for this holiday. But if they hadn’t laborers would still be working 12-hour days six days per week with no overtime and no holiday pay. Labor unions. Not the government. Labor unions. You can stop patting yourself on the back.

Happy Labor Day!!! Thanks to all the providers, creators, builders and workers that make our communities worth living in and fighting for!

Happy Labor Day from The A.V. Club. In acknowledgement of hard-fought wins of the labor movement, The A.V. Club is not working today. Hopefully you're not, either, because today is Labor Day, the unofficial end to summer, especially

None of you Republicans were even allowed to mention Unions on Labor Day. Don’t your knees get tired from genuflecting to Trump every day?

Happy Labor Day!!!! Thank you to all the providers, creators, laborers, and builders!!!

Honoring workers requires more than posting a Labor Day graphic. It requires explaining the policies you voted for. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the law Mike Lawler supported will reduce resources for the poorest households by about $1,200 a year while increasing them for the wealthiest 10% by roughly $13,600. Trump’s tariffs have raised consumer prices, while cuts to Medicaid and food assistance fall on working families. His administration also weakened the independent labor board workers depend upon to enforce organizing and collective-bargaining rights. Yes, some workers benefit from the temporary deductions for tips and overtime, and that should be acknowledged. But when the entire package is measured—not merely advertised—the largest and most durable rewards flow upward. Celebrating labor is easy. Voting to give workers economic security and bargaining power is the real test.

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement. According to labor historians, the US has the most violent labor history of any industrialized nation. Labor Day in the United States has deep roots in the 19th-century labor movement, which was heavily influenced by socialist and radical trade unions fighting for the eight-hour workday and basic workers' rights. In today's America, we are experiencing the entrenchment of corporate power and the dismantling of labor movements, which has resulted in falling real wages and increased working class acquiescence to exploitation. We are seeing the exploitation of the working class in America today, as it is the ultra-wealthy that controls our Government and buys representation in Congress. Kat Cammack doesn't care about the American worker. She is financially supported by the wealthy and special interest groups. Check out where she gets most of her political campaign donations from. That's why she doesn't work to lower the cost of living for the average American. She voted to increase the cost of healthcare for Americans. She voted for massive tax cuts for the rich, placing the nation's tax burden on the working class. She is one of the most disingenuous Representatives in Congress. Vote for change and get her out of Washington. She doesn't care about you. When you go to the grocery store each week and observe that the cost of food is increasing each time, remember that Kat Cammack helped to raise the cost of food. When you go to fill up your car with gas, remember that Kat Cammack did nothing to stop Trump's vanity war and nonsensical tarriffs. When you healthcare becomes unaffordable, remember that Kat Cammack is responsible. Remember that more cuts to healthcare are coming after the midterms because of Republicans like Cammack were afraid that they could not win the midterm elections if more healthcare cuts took effect before. This is unconscionable scheming by an uncaring Republican Congress.

Happy Labor day keep up the good work you all do

Happy Labor Day! Here's who's closed (and open) for the national holiday. Here's hoping you have off for Labor Day today ... or if you're working, you're getting that double-time or time-and-a-half holiday pay

Yet you belong to a party that supports a president who recently stated that working Americans get too many paid holidays. Oh, the hypocrisy is staggering 😡

Happy Labor Day. Everything's about to cost more! | Opinion. Get ready for everything to get more expensive. Labor Day weekend was ushered in by news that diesel fuel prices hit a record high

Brian, honoring America’s workforce on Labor Day is easy. Standing up for working families when the cameras are off is the real test. You have backed some measures that help workers, including the overtime tax deduction. Credit where it is due. But your record also includes votes against major labor protections, including the 2020 PRO Act. Meanwhile, working Americans are getting crushed by housing, insurance, healthcare, food, fuel, and everyday costs. So spare us the photo op. If workers are truly the “backbone of our nation,” then start treating affordability, wages, benefits, and job security like more than a holiday talking point. #LaborDay #WorkingClass #BrianMast #Affordability #Workers #Accountability #FL21 #MayorJacobs

Tell me you don't understand what Labor Day is meant to honor without telling me...

You’re representing an anti-worker right to get fired state and are anti-union. You are the opposite of what Labor Day is for. Don’t try to claim a distortion of labor on this day.

Thank you to the Union workers that brought us this holiday. 🇺🇲

As we enjoy this day that celebrates the social and economic achievements of American workers let's not forget it came to be through the efforts of unions that raised American workers into the middle class and enabled home ownership and the ability to save for retirement for millions.

Thank you union members … past & present. For building that big beautiful bridge (it’s bridge walk day you walk the 5 miles I’m not 80 but I can’t make it), giving us all these big beautiful benefits now helping us to simply aspire to be in the middle class, and for most of us getting this day off. And thank you Stephen Grover Cleveland for signing the bill establishing this Labor Day. Ironically he was the first split term president. He was a Democrat. The first post Civil War Democrat. Thank you Grover. But most importantly, thank a union member, past and present. They fought for today some even died for our cause. Thank you for your service to the working class.

Didn’t Trump want to end Labor Day as a holiday?

Happy Labor Day! Thank you to all the hard working union workers who made this possible! Backbone of America 🇺🇸

Thanks to the Labor Unions for fighting for this day so that we can be with our families!

Trump Goes on Labor Day Tirade Over Damning Report. President Donald Trump has begun his Labor Day with a deranged meltdown targeting a laundry list of foes. Trump, 80, exploded over a months-old report by

Thanks for honoring the labor union movement.

“Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”- DJT

“Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”- DJT

Happy higher prices day brought to you by Florida resident Marshall and the Republicans.

Thanks to LABOR UNIONS, we have Labor Day! Don’t try to whitewash it Pat!!

Thanks to the Unions and the Democrats!!

Trump promises midterm victory, slams Democrats in Labor Day message. President Trump on Monday promised victory in the upcoming midterm elections for the GOP and went af