Labor Day

One-line definition: US federal holiday honoring the labor movement and workers’ contributions (Wikipedia) — and, in Kyle’s writing, the recurring annual prompt to finally write about unions.

How sources describe it

• The framing device of Unions, Unions Everywhere - Research: “Every Labor Day since 2015, I’ve thought ‘I’d like to write about this stuff.’ Yet, every Labor Day comes and goes, mocking me for my inadequacy.”

Where it shows up

• Unions, Unions Everywhere - Research — opening and closing hook.

Related concepts

• Unions — the labor movement the holiday honors; its faded public meaning mirrors the decline of unions themselves.
• Unions, Unions Everywhere - Research — uses Labor Day as its opening and closing framing device.