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Happy Labor Day! Each year, as the summer unofficially comes to a close and families settle back into school routines, we take a moment to honor workers, unions, and labor leaders for all their contributions to our country. And nowhere is that contribution more strongly felt than Michigan — the birthplace of the middle class. We literally invented the concept that if you work on an assembly line, you can afford the vehicle that you built. And unions played a significant role in that.

The annual Detroit Labor Day parade began in 1884, a decade before Labor Day was a federally recognized holiday, with over 50,000 people rallying in support of workers’ demands for better pay and working conditions.

In my campaign for the U.S. Senate, I was endorsed by nearly 25 individual labor unions in Michigan – representing over 600,000 workers. I will never forget that. And it is those middle- and Michiganders who are front of mind as I now make decisions for our state in the Senate.

As I hit my 8th month mark, it is clear to me that America’s greatest threat is not coming from abroad – it is the shrinking middle class here at home. If you want to understand why our country is going through this period of polarization, I believe it’s because people feel locked out of the American Dream – and they are looking to blame others for the pain they feel.

To address this and focus my work, I rolled out my Economic War Plan in June. One component of that plan is to strengthen our labor unions to ensure that every worker in America has the right to collectively bargain for fair wages and better working conditions.

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We still have work to do to ensure workers are treated with dignity and respect, and are able to share in the value – financial and otherwise – that their work is producing. In the meantime, thanks for being a part of that fight.

Thank you,
Elissa
 


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