Labor Day, The Backwards Holiday | September 2023
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Labor Day. YADILOH SDRAWKCAB EHT.
In case you are not sure of the title… it's Labor Day. The Backwards Holiday. Every year when it rolls around, I wonder why it is named Labor Day. Since it’s a Holiday intended to be just that, a Holiday – I would think a better name may be Relax Day or Lazy Day or Off Day or Sleep in Day, maybe even Do-Nothing Day, something other than Labor Day. After all, we know what Labor means. And many will likely be celebrating Labor Day by Laboring.
Labor Day came about because workers felt they were spending too many hours and days on the job.
In the 1830s, manufacturing workers were putting in 70-hour weeks on average. Sixty years later, in 1890, hours of work had dropped, although the average manufacturing worker still toiled in a factory 60 hours a week.
These long working hours caused many union organizers to focus on winning a shorter eight-hour workday. They also focused on getting workers more days off, such as the Labor Day holiday, and reducing the workweek to just six days.
These early organizers clearly won since the most recent data show that the average person working in manufacturing is employed for a bit over 40 hours a week and most people work only five days a week.
Surprisingly, many politicians and business owners were in favor of giving workers more time off. That is because workers who had no free time were not able to spend their wages on traveling, entertainment or dining out.
As the U.S. economy expanded beyond farming and basic manufacturing in the late 1800s and early 1900s, it became important for businesses to find consumers interested in buying the products and services being produced in ever greater amounts. Shortening the work week was one way of turning the working class into the consuming class.
So, to celebrate the month of September and the affection for Laboring, I have a special announcement to make I will be Laboring, but for a very special reason.
My team and I are addicted to helping you and those you know buy or sell the place they call home. In fact, it is a race to help as many as possible so we can GIVE more away.
A CORE philosophy at our company is ‘the size of the hole you give thru is directly proportionate to the size of the hole you receive thru’. Therefore, our Mission is to Go Serve Big!!! Serve you, serve those you refer to us and of course, serve a very worthy cause… the great work being done at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.
Each month I do my best to remind you that YOUR referrals help the kids…
As part of our Go Serve Big mission statement, we are on a quest to raise $5,000 for Nicklaus Children's Hospital Foundation in 2023! For 72 years, Nicklaus Children's Hospital Foundation has established itself as Miami’s most respected servant leader connecting more than 10,000 volunteers who have a desire to help with those who need help the most.
Whether it’s providing Food for the struggling and hungry through its many food pantries, or providing temporary housing for the displaced or the abused or the homeless, to the jobs programs for struggling neighbors trying to get back on their feet, to the Clothing, the Summer Lunch Programs, the Toy Shop and their Market Place for poverty-stricken neighbors, Must leads the way in restoring lives one person and one community at a time.
YOUR REFERRALS HELP THE KIDS overcome sickness, pain and setbacks, and gives them the magical adventure of their dreams.
Who do you know considering buying or selling a home you could refer to my real estate sales team? When you refer someone who is buying or selling a home to Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty, everyone wins: those you refer benefit from award winning real estate service, and Nicklaus Childrens Hospital will receive a donation that will make wishes possible at an accessible storybook home-away-from home, where the ice cream is as limitless as the opportunities for fun and adventure.
Just give me a call or pass my number on to anyone you know considering buying or selling. My number is (954) 466-3933.
Patient of the Month: Mikaela
When Mikaela’s parents began exploring options for the best possible treatment for her scoliosis diagnosis, their options quickly became limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Faced with global travel restrictions, ambulatory services being put on hold, and a lack of medical equipment in their home country, her parents Conrado and Eva had to seek additional alternatives.
A short time later, Conrado learned through a friend of a friend, that his daughter was successfully treated at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital for the same diagnosis. After learning about the expertise of the spinal surgeons within the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Conrado and Eva decided that they were traveling to Miami for Mikaela’s surgery.
Mikaela underwent a successful operation led by pediatric spine surgeon, Dr. Stephen George, and is back in Paraguay where she recently started school again. Today, Mikaela credits the medical team at Nicklaus Children’s for giving her a reason to smile, and says she feels more comfortable and confident than ever in the young lady she is becoming.
Your support matters for patients like Mikaela. Please donate today!
With all my appreciation.
Joseph Hillner
Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty Services!
(954) 466-3933
P.S. Do you like stories? Everyone has one. The story of this young person enclosed is a really good one. Read with tissue handy.
P.P.S. It is easy to refer those you know considering buying or selling a home. Just call me at (954) 466-3933 or pass on my number.
