Labor Day

Let's send the season out with the final episode in this year's WGLT series Sounds of Summer — an audio postcard of the Labor Day parade in Bloomington.

The theme for this year's Labor Day parade is “Prevailing Wage is a Family Wage.”

WGLT spoke with Mike Matejka, a longtime local labor historian, and Chuck Carver, the president of the union, AFSCME Local 1110, that represents certain service workers at Illinois State University.

A big crowd turned out to watch the return of Bloomington's Labor Day parade on Monday.

Union leader John Penn said as Labor Day approaches there is one particular labor everyone in the nation can perform: get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The work lives of many Americans have shifted dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are working from home while also juggling their children’s…