Labor Day.
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
Workin’ At The Carwash Blues – Jim Croce
The Hands That Built America – U2
Bracero – Phil Ochs
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Worker’s Song – Dropkick Murphys
Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Mr. President – Randy Newman
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Working On The Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
There Is Power in a Union – John McCutcheon
Las Madres Cansadas – Joan Baez
We’Re Still Here – Si Kahn
Which Side Are You On – Natalie Merchant
Bread and Roses – Judy Collins
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Ship In The Sky – Woody Guthrie
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Tag Archives: Labor Day
1 September 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
2 September 2024 – Labor Day
Labor Day. Check out a mini concert for Labor Day by my friend Eric Law.
Walking. Albuquerque.
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
Workin’ At The Carwash Blues – Jim Croce
The Hands That Built America (Theme from “Gangs of New York”) – U2
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Worker’s Song – Dropkick Murphys
Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Randy Newman
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Working On The Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
There Is Power in a Union – John McCutcheon
Las Madres Cansadas – Joan Baez
We’Re Still Here – Si Kahn
Which Side Are You On – Natalie Merchant
Bread and Roses – Judy Collins
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Ship In The Sky – Woody Guthrie
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Filed under Current Events, Friends, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Happy Labor Day
Happy Labor Day! As a Christian. I along with many members of Faithful America, support living wages, labor rights, and safe working environments for all God’s children — yet these fundamental freedoms, along with our democracy itself, are at stake in this upcoming election. Project 2025, the MAGA movement’s Christian-nationalist agenda for another Trump term, is not only a major threat to justice for all but also to our basic freedoms. Trump can try to distance himself from the plan after public backlash, but we know his plans for a second term are nothing short of an authoritarian power grab. Learn more about the dangers of Project 2025.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! – Isaiah 5:20
Filed under Current Events
1 May 2024
Walking. Germantown.
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Chain Gang – Sam Cooke
Joe Hill – Joan Baez
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
Day O – Harry Belafonte
The Hands That Built America – U2
Bracero – Phil Ochs
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Randy Newman
She Works Hard For the Money – Donna Summer
Woman’s Work – Tracy Chapman
Work For Your Money – Howlin’ Wolf
Worker’s Song – Dropkick Murphys
There is Power in a Union – Entertainment Workers IU 630, Utah Phillips
The Internationale – Billy Bragg
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Working On The Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Gotta Work – Amerie
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
4 September 2023
Walking. Germantown. Labor Day.
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
Workin’ At The Carwash Blues – Jim Croce
The Hands That Built America – U2
Bracero – Phil Ochs
She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summer
Worker’s Song – Dropkick Murphys
Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Mr. President – Randy Newman
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Working On The Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
There Is Power in a Union – John McCutcheon
Las Madres Cansadas – Joan Baez
Which Side Are You On – Natalie Merchant
Bread and Roses – Judy Collins
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Ship In The Sky – Woody Guthrie
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
7 September 2020 – Labor Day
Walking. With Tricia. Germantown. Smoketown.
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
9 To 5 – Dolly Parton
Working On The Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Workin’ At The Carwash Blues – Jim Croce
Bread and Roses – Judy Collins
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
Which Side Are You On – Natalie Merchant
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
The Hands That Built America – U2
1913 Massacre – Arlo Guthrie
Bracero – Phil Ochs T
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Stand Up! – John McCutcheon
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Ship In The Sky – Woody Guthrie
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
1 May 2020
Pacing. Stretching. The Shire.
The Lusty Month of May – Camelot (Playbill 30-Day Song Challenge 2, thanks Sean)
Woman’s Work – Tracy Chapman
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Work for Your Money – Howlin’ Wolf
Working on the Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Ironworking Hubby – Bear Fox
Working Man – Imagine Dragons
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Labor Day – John McCutcheon
Joe Hill – Joan Baez
Mr. President – Randy Newman
9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
The Hands That Built America – U2
Bracero – Phil Ochs
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
2 September 2019
Stretching (2x). The Shire.
Working Class Hero – Green Day
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
Working on the Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Workin’ at the Carwash Blues – Jim Croce
Bread and Roses – Judy Collins
Three Miles Down – Gil Scott-Heron
Which Side Are You On – Natalie Merchant
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summer
The Hands That Built America – U2
1913 Massacre – Arlo Guthrie
Bracero – Phil Ochs
More Than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Stand Up! – John McCutcheon
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Ship in the Sky – Woody Guthrie
For all who work
I give thanks this day for all who work –
whether that work is
paid or unpaid
honored or unrecognized
whether that work
earns a pay check or simply involves the day-to-day tasks of living
whether that work is
a labor of love
or somehow combines all of the above.
I give thanks for all who have lived and died
to protect the lives and rights of those who work.
I give thanks for all who live and give of themselves,
and risk themselves,
to make a better world for all who work.
I confess and grieve that the life I live,
the privilege and comfort I enjoy,
too often rests on the backs of brothers and sisters who work.
I recognize that all too often sisters and brothers work
in dangerous conditions, in situations where they are exploited, violated.
I pray that the day will come when all people have work to do
work that is safe and meaningful,
work that is honored and valued,
work that pays a wage that allows the workers
to provide a decent living for themselves and for their families.
I pray that I will receive the grace and the wisdom and the courage
to in some small way
make a contribution to the dawning of that day.
I give thanks this day for all who work.
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Current Events, Family, Friends, Human Rights
Along the Graybeard Trail 