Tracing the roots of Labor Day
Tracing the roots of Labor Day  
Podcast: Marketplace
Published On: Mon Sep 04 2023
Description: This has been a hot summer for labor organizing, and strikes — along with narrowly averted ones — have made headlines. This Labor Day, we chart the holiday’s history and examine the parallels between worker activism of more than a century ago and worker activism today. We’ll also do the numbers on labor, including women’s workforce participation and how hotels are hiring in a tight market. Later: the big business of wacky holidays.