Pigweed and Crowhill review Georgia Avenue Sour, a tart peach ale from Dennizen’s Brewery, then discuss labor, Labor Day and unions. <\/p>\n
Labor day started with a one-day strike in New York in 1882, and became an official day to celebrate workers under Grover Cleveland. P&C evaluate the development and idea of labor unions. <\/p>\n
Unions often take credit for weekends and the 5-day work week, but that might have come from Henry Ford and the competition for scarce labor. <\/p>\n
P&C are generally on the politically conservative side of things, but still like the idea of labor unions, which fit well with P&Cs standard political principles — especially the idea that when one party has power, somebody else has to have a countervailing power. P&C like unions for several reasons: (1) as a counter-balance to management, (2) to set standards for the profession, (3) to train the next generation of skilled workers. <\/p>\n