Labor Day

While some would LOVE to go back to the Serfdom of old, in which the "lord" of the manor held sway over everyone "under" him, and the belief was promoted that some are just born to greatness
and others to servitude, this is America.

While others would LOVE to go back to the days before Unions, when the Robber Barons of our land lived in what was called "the gilded age" for some as others worked seven day weeks and 12 hour days, children were forced into sweat shop labor and there was not only no healthcare but penalties and threats if someone had to take off work to go to the doctor, and people worked until they died because there was no pension, social security or medicare, this is America.

Some at the top of the economic ladder, you know, those who make 300x what those who do the labor make "under" them, have already manipulated a number of states into being "right to work" states what do not allow Union labor to have any power, while others do all they can to strip the power away from organized labor so that the owners and CEO's of corporations can get more work for less money and fewer benefits, claiming that it is good for the state employment health.

In "Right To Work States", like the one I live in (Georgia)...
    Wages are 3.2% lower AT LEAST
    Pensions are 4.8% lower AT LEAST
    3.8 million fewer people would have pensions
    and 2 million fewer would have healthcare if they were enacted in all states...
    Workplace deaths are 34% higher
    Middle Class income is lower in EVERY Right To Work State
    Voter turnout is lower (partly because people cannot get off work to vote w/o losing wages)
    For every $1 million in wage cuts, there is a loss of 6 or more jobs, in just a few industries counted

So, unless you are among those who make 300x what laborers make, and unless you are in the elite club, I suggest that you see the wisdom of supporting organized labor... the folks who brought us the 40 hour work week instead of 80, the folks who brought us the weekend and health coverage and pensions - NOT just for the wealthiest and most powerful, but average workers.  See the wisdom of long term well-being for ALL our citizens, rather than just the short-term exorbitant profit for a few.  See the wisdom of treating workers well and lifting up ALL Americans, rather than just those with power and wealth, while making it so that there are fewer of them.

Pray.  Pray for Justice.  Pray for the Unemployed.  Pray for those who have the least.  Pray for the souls of those who perpetrate injustice on others in order to serve their idol - greed.
Work.  Speak.  Demand.  Call for Justice.  Vote for those who will do the MOST FOR "THE LEAST", and not THE LEAST for THE MOST, while doing the MOST for only A FEW...

God help us all.
Pastor Jamie