Sponsored by Southwestern Wyoming Central Labor Council
SWEETWATER COUNTY – The Labor Day Picnic will be held on September 7th, from 11 am-to-4 pm at the Reliance Park in Reliance. Food and beverages are provided and the picnic is free as always. All workers and their families are invited to attend the picnic and celebrate the Labor Day holiday. The horseshoe tournament starts at 1 pm. Please bring your own horseshoes. Seating is limited so you might want to bring a lawn chair. Overflow parking is available at the ball field off third street.
The Southwestern Wyoming Central will again sponsor a food drive in conjunction with the annual Labor Day Picnic. Please bring non-perishable food items to be donated to The Food Bank of Sweetwater County. The food bank needs packaged side dishes, canned fruit, canned meat, egg noodles, sugar, flour, cereal, shelf stable milk and other non perishable items.
SWCLC and Labor Day
The Southwestern Wyoming Central Labor Council represents eighteen local labor unions and thousands of workers in Southwestern Wyoming. Through the state AFL-CIO and our local unions we educate the public on workers’ rights and issues.
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, was made a federal holiday in 1894 by a unanimous vote of the United States Congress. The holiday is dedicated to the social and economic achievements provided by the labor of American workers.
“The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership-The American Worker.” United States Department of Labor.
