WACO, Texas (KWTX) – Labor unions gathered across Texas Monday for a statewide slate of Labor Day events hosted by the Texas AFL-CIO, which represents more than 250,000 workers.<\/p>\n
Events took place from the Permian Basin to Tyler and Waco.<\/p>\n
Central Texas luncheon focuses on workers<\/p>\n
At the Central Texas luncheon in Waco, the focus was on the workers who keep communities running.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we\u2019re celebrating Labor Day. It\u2019s a day set aside for the working people. The working people is sometimes forgotten. You have your plumbers, you have your pipe fitted, electrician workers, elevator workers, your post office. All those people are working middle class, labor workers,\u201d said Everett Wyllie, president of the Central Texas Labor Council.<\/p>\n
Labor Day coincides with election season<\/p>\n
This Labor Day also coincides with local leaders entering election season as they look to garner support from organizations like the Central Texas Labor Council.<\/p>\n
\u201cLabor Day is everything. If you come to work, put on your work clothes, put on your shoes, put on your uniform, and you come out to work to support your family, this is how you make your living. This is your livelihood. We support you 110%,\u201d Wyllie said.<\/p>\n
Wyllie said he hopes days like Monday remind workers what the labor council stands for.<\/p>\n
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