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Let’s Reclaim the Dignity of Work This Labor Day, by Wendell Vinson – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Let’s Reclaim the Dignity of Work This Labor Day, by Wendell Vinson

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By Wendell Vinson, The Stream, August 29, 2025

Wendell Vinson is the cofounder of CityServe International, a church empowerment network that provides basic essentials and disaster relief to communities in need throughout the United States and around the world.

It’s time for Christians everywhere to reclaim the biblical meaning of Labor Day. 

Ask the average person today how Labor Day started, and they’ll probably point to the labor movement. After all, Labor Day was first observed in 1882 in New York City under the auspices of the Central Labor Union. It became a federal holiday in 1894, following national labor protests and the Pullman Strike.

Underpinning that union activism, however, was the biblical notion that workers deserve honor, dignity, and respect – not to mention a livable wage. Labor Day, properly conceived, is far more than a secular civic holiday. Click open your Bible app, search for labor, and you’ll see a parade of deeply held biblical truths.

Christians affirm that each individual is called by God to work, that their labor honors God and is deserving of dignity and fair treatment, and that it is good to take a Sabbath Day break from all their labors. …

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