Today is Labor Day. It's a 3 day holiday for lots of folks and the "traditional" end of Summer day. Mom remembers how the beaches and pools would all close in NJ. Here in Florida, it's almost always Summer!!
Here's some Labor Day Trivia:
Modern American labor Day Trivia & History:
- The average time it takes to commute to work. 24.3 minutes
- Of the 233 counties with populations of 250,000 or more, Queens (41.7 minutes), Richmond (41.3 minutes), Bronx (40.8 minutes) and Kings (39.7 minutes) -– four of the five counties that comprise New York City – experienced the longest average commute-to-work times.
- The amount of time the average American spends commuting to work each year ismore than 100 hours. (This exceeds the typical two weeks of vacation time taken by many U.S. workers over the course of a year.)
- 7.3 million workers who hold down more than one job. “Moonlighters” comprise 5 percent of the working population. Of these, 3.8 million work full time at their primary job and part time at their other job, and about 293,000 work full time at both jobs.
- 10.3 million workers are self-employed.
- 4.5 million people work at home.
- 20.3 million females work in educational, health and social services industries. More women work in this industry group than in any other. Manufacturing was the most popular
- industry among men, with 11.3 million workers.
- There are an estimated 15.8 million labor union members nationwide. About 13 percent of wage and salary workers belong to unions, with New York having among the highest rates of any state – 25 percent. North Carolina has one of the lowest rates, 3 percent.
As you celebrate the labor day holiday party, remember to give a nod to all the hardworking men and women who marched in solidarity in the days where industrial labor ruled America. Union leaders worked to create the benefits of overtime and sick pay that we enjoy today. So enjoy your 3 day weekend and thanks for all your hard work!
Happy Labor Day from the Florida Furkids, Cousin Trooper and Mom Sharon
Yeah for the Union Leaders. Not a lot of folks know this but the Woman was a Teamster for awhile!
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day to our furriends in sunny Florida!
ReplyDeleteMy human's commute is 30 seconds from the bedroom, upstairs to my office. And I like it that way!
ReplyDeleteOf course, since she works for me, she is not getting the day off. But maybe Binga, Boodie and I will go easy on her and not leave her any hairballs to deal with.
Have a great labor Day!!!:D
ReplyDeleteCotton
Happy Labour Day ! And Happy Birthday Me ; )
ReplyDeleteWhat a pawsome day ...tee...heh..heh
Thanks so much to come to my birthday...Hooray !!!!
Miss you guys too
xoxo
Happy Labor Day weekend! We hope it was spent not-laboring! MOL.
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day weekend right back at you. Know you are having a fun weekend.
ReplyDeletexoxoxo,
Gracie
I have never understood why all the NY/NJ beaches close after labor day... it is still so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day to all of you!
ReplyDeleteMy commute is considerably less than average. Just saying! :D
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely long weekend, everybuddy!
We heard that this whole "end of summer" thing is for people who live in places who have trees where the leaves actually FALL OFF. But we will do our part by not wearing white collars until spring, to be fashionable.
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day!
Hope you have a nice time and relax.
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day! Great post and stats. When Mom worked, it was a 1.1 mile trip from garage to work parking lot. Three stop lights. It averaged 8 minutes.
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor day to all of you. Those are some might interesting facts. We sure didn't know all that.
ReplyDeleteHope Auntie El is doing all right. Take care.
Yes, we have Labour Day here in Canada, too (except with spell it with a 'u' in it like the English).
ReplyDeleteSomehow, though, it seems to have lost its significance for me since I retired. Every day is a holiday! Woo hoo!
Happy Labor Day! We sent Mommy off to work bright and early.
ReplyDeleteHappy day to you all and hope you are enjoying your day.. Hugs GJ xx
ReplyDeletethanks for the great trivia!
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day!
Have a happy day!! We are enjoying it too!!
ReplyDeleteWe love the facts :)
Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
Tiger,Treasure,JJ and Julie
You made me tired, readin' through all that. Have to go lie down.
ReplyDeleteMandu
Happy Labor Day! Those are interesting facts! If humans lessened their commute time, they'd have more time for us! Our mommy's commute is 10 seconds since she works from home.
ReplyDeleteAll hail to the hard-working people!
ReplyDeleteHappy non-laboring Labor Day gang!
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day sweethearts. xox
ReplyDeletePurrsonally, I think the best celebration of Labor Day is to have the Humans labor all day for our benefit! Heh heh!
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day, sweet furiends!
Happy Labor Day! Our mom helped her dad put the cover on his pool today. He does it now (even though it's still hot) to avoid all of the leaves in the pool that start falling.
ReplyDeleteWow, those facts are sure eye opening!
ReplyDeleteEspecially the one about commute time versus vacation time!
I'm sure glad I have a short commute from my bed to my chair.
heh heh
: ) Katie
Happy Labor Day! Not that we would know anything about that, but our mom would. She was working 2 jobs for a while, so she is enjoying only 1 job right now.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all that information about Labor Day! :)
ReplyDeletewe hope you had a terrific day, pals.
Those is pretty cool statistics! Mommy likes her commute now though. It is from the bedroom to the office!
ReplyDeleteHappy Labor Day! (Belated)
Nellie