It doesn’t take an academic scholar to know big corporations, the politicians who take their money and other wealthy interests have rigged our economy and our politics to the detriment of Working People.

For decades, hard-working Middle Class and Working Poor Americans have been robbed of the freedom to earn a decent living, maintain a work-life balance, retire with dignity and take a loved one to the doctor or attend a Parent-Teacher Conference without fear of retaliation or losing a job.

As corporations and the rich continue to benefit from record wealth while Working People find it harder and harder to make ends meet, joining together to form Unions gives Employees a simple voice at work.

When Working People have the freedom to join strong Unions and negotiate a fair return for their craft, everybody wins - even rich people.

Employees can earn a decent living and American productivity increases - and the promise of earning a decent living wage will perpetuate a belief that an American Dream can still exist in today’s world.

By forming strong Unions and having the ability to collectively bargain with employers, Workers are able to negotiate fair wages and benefits that support their families and provide for better working conditions.

Organized Labor also uses its collective voice to advocate for policies that benefit all Working People – like increases to the Minimum Wage, affordable Health Care, safer neighborhoods and great public schools for our children.

On this Labor Day, we are calling on all Americans – our families, friends, elected officials and even our neighbors – to recommit to the freedom of Working People to join strong Unions so we can help fix a broken economy and make it work for everyone.

On this Labor Day and every day afterwards, we will be exposing and confronting this rigged system – and the politicians and corporations who prop it up.

It is time we put Working People - the folks who actually create the wealth for our country - front and center in a national conversation about Social and Economic Justice.

It’s time for all Working People to join together and seize our rightful place in our global economy.

Organized Working People are the most effective way for Americans to come together and counter the troubling influence that big money and big corporations have had on our society.

This explains why Anti-Worker Legislation has popped up in State Legislatures and the U.S. Supreme Court over the past few decades.

Organized Labor is the last line of defense for Working People to have a voice in this great Democratic experiment called America.

We have a simple message to the moneyed elite: We are not going anywhere.

Working People and Unions are the threads that hold the fabric of our communities together.

This Labor Day, let’s not unravel the promise of our American Dream.

America needs Unions now more than ever.