FROM  MARQUETTE  to Monroe, Muskegon to Mackinac City, labor union members, family, friends and supporters took part in Labor Day parades and festivities around Michigan. Former President Bill Clinton attended the Detroit parade in support of his candidate-wife, Hillary. The founder of the Labor Day holiday, carpenter Peter McGuire, suggested that the day “first be celebrated by a street parade, which would publicly show the strength and esprit du corps of the trade and labor organizations. Next the parade should be followed by a picnic or a festival in some grove....” Done and done!

MEMBERS/FAMILY of Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 671 march in the Monroe Labor Day celebration on Sept. 3.

MEMBERS OF BRICKLAYERS and Allied Craftworkers Local 2 led the Detroit Labor Day line of march along Michigan Avenue on Sept. 5.