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Labor Day

When is it?

• On the first Monday of September

Read:

• Undocumented (Ages 5+)
• The Paper Kingdom (Ages 3-7)
• On Our Way to Oyster Bay (Ages 6+)

Discuss:

• Choose one product your family invests in (example: a new backpack or school supplies).
• With a web search, how difficult is it to find the following information:
  Where did you buy it? Who transported it to you? Who assembled it? Who gathered the materials from the earth?
• Is it difficult to find out whether all of these people were paid enough to support their families? What are their working conditions like?

Take Action:

• If you hire childcare, house cleaners, or work for a company who hires cleaners and care workers – how can you incorporate the principles of the National Domestic Workers Alliance? Whether it’s sharing transparent family policies on how you will support your sitter after exposure to Covid to using your vote to empower care workers, there’s something in there for everybody.

Additional resources to dig deeper into this topic:

• Justice For Labor Day: Provocative Kids Books About The Fight For Workers’ Rights
• Kids Books About Labor Rights
• Celebrating May Day