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Hey, it's Jesse. Happy Labor Day. Many of y'all know Labor Day as that Monday before

school starts when you frantically run around trying to figure out if you can buy a pair

of new shoes for your kid and where the closest place is to get a haircut for them. Or

maybe you know it as the last opportunity to wear your white pants to the barbecue. That

barbecue that it's still warm enough to have in your backyard. But of course, it is also

a particularly special day when it comes to thinking about Labor. We have a really special

episode of another LinkedIn podcast for you today. A podcast called Get Hired. The host

is Andrew Seaman. Now, if you've ever wondered what Labor Day is all about, Andrew is going

to tell us. I hope you enjoy the next 20 minutes. And while I have you, let me remind you that

we are less than a month out to the launch of my memoir, The Family Outing. It's the

story of how everyone in my family, that's my father, my mother, my sister, my brother,

and yes myself, how we all came out of the closet and what happened when we did. I hope

you will think about pre-ordering it. You can do so right now, anywhere you buy books.

All right. Catch you next week.

We know Labor Day in the United States as a time for mattress sales, barbecues,

trips to the beach and saying goodbye to summer. But that's far from the origin story of the

holiday, involving a strike, a protest, an explosion, deaths, and hangings. Today, we take

a look at why we celebrate Labor Day in the US, why it doesn't align with other work

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