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Johnson County proclaims Labor Day; union members recount workplace gains
Summary
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a Labor Day proclamation and heard multiple residents and former union members describe how labor organizing secured protections such as the 40-hour workweek, OSHA and pensions.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a proclamation on Aug. 28 declaring Sept. 1, 2025, as Labor Day in the county and heard several residents and former union members describe how organized labor won workplace protections now taken for granted.
That context matters to the county's commemoration: speakers linked contemporary worker protections to historical union organizing and urged continued support for labor in the face of state and federal challenges.
"My first job was at Great Lakes Steel in 1965 as a…
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