Read about why you know what a “weekend” is, and “overtime,” “safe working conditions,” and “livable wage.” Why don’t kids have to work? Why do women still not get paid equally? Find out about the history of Labor in the US, and how that history remains relevant, and progress is always possible.

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2023/09/04/labor-day-reading-list-2023/

https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2025/08/14/labor-day-literature-stories-histories-workers-unions-resilience/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/7-books-that-dive-into-the-long-history-of-americas-labor-movement

https://www.burlingtonpubliclibrary.org/386/Labor-Day-Book-List

Some for the Kids:‍ ‍https://readingpartners.org/blog/7-great-reads-kids-labor-day/

A Few Fiction to keep it entertaining:

The Jungle - Upton Sinclair

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

The Last Ballad - Wiley Cash

The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah

The Women of Copper Country - Mary Doria Russell