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St Helena, California

May Day is a good time to salute the workers who toil in fields, factories, service industries, and many other hard-working occupations...their efforts underpin all our lives

the 1st of May has been an occasion to celebrate Spring rebirth for centuries, but also became a symbolic date after the 1880s strikes by Chicago workers, many Irish and Italian, demanding an eight hour work day...that in turn inspired the labour movement in Europe to spring into life with their own protests...aren't we all grateful for the strength, determination, and message of the women and men who stood strong for everyone's rights

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Lamar Nix03-May-2018 21:31
Salute to the field workers and salute to you!
Hank Vander Velde02-May-2018 23:27
Excellent worker salute image.
Stephanie02-May-2018 23:11
Nicely captured image David!
Ton T.02-May-2018 18:54
You are right David! This beautiful image illustrates your words! V
Colin Storey02-May-2018 14:07
Great image and tribute.
danad02-May-2018 13:50
A superb illustration for your words. V.
Fong Lam02-May-2018 13:25
We celebrated Labor Day yesterday....a wonderful tribute to our workers for their contributions to our country's well-being and prosperity...V
LynnH02-May-2018 11:57
A good tribute to all who work hard, for today and the future.
Ursula Miller02-May-2018 05:43
A fine image which underlines your point. Most people forgot about it and take everything for granted. V
John Hamers02-May-2018 05:38
Excellent capture of these workers in action. Love your pov.V!
woody3402-May-2018 05:14
Man , that looks such hard work, a wonderful capture from real life...V
Paco López02-May-2018 04:02
Great candid shot! V!
Nirvan Hope02-May-2018 02:55
Many years ago I worked for a few weeks in a vineyard in St Helena... Fine words to celebrate workers.
Julie Oldfield02-May-2018 01:48
I think most people forgot about the those who fought so hard for what we take for granted nowadays. This capture definitely underscores that. V
Nick Paoni02-May-2018 00:46
Great shot of these workers tending the vineyard. I really like your caption.
janescottcumming01-May-2018 22:04
The trees make me think of how the workers hands will be years down the road. Gnarled and worn from years of honest hard work. Excellent image.
Neil Marcus01-May-2018 21:17
It is an action picture. This is labor!Good shot, David. "VV"
marie-jose wolff01-May-2018 21:10
beautiful image of these skilled workers cutting these secular vines! V
Johnny JAG01-May-2018 21:09
I love work, I could watch it all day
Pete Hemington01-May-2018 21:02
Thought provoking, well posted
Jim Coffman01-May-2018 20:06
A very nice candid of these workers, David...
Helen Betts01-May-2018 19:49
Excellent capture of these laborers, and a thought-provoking narrative as well.
joseantonio01-May-2018 19:49
a very nice tribute to those all men and women.V.
Martin Lamoon01-May-2018 19:41
An interesting piece of history.
v
Mairéad01-May-2018 19:33
That certainly looks like hard work.
A friend of mine posted this great poem on Facebook today:
Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
The books are filled with names of kings.
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
And Babylon, so many times destroyed.
Who built the city up each time? In which of Lima's houses,
That city glittering with gold, lived those who built it?
In the evening when the Chinese wall was finished
Where did the masons go? Imperial Rome
Is full of arcs of triumph. Who reared them up? Over whom
Did the Caesars triumph? Byzantium lives in song.
Were all her dwellings palaces? And even in Atlantis of the legend
The night the seas rushed in,
The drowning men still bellowed for their slaves.
Young Alexander conquered India.
He alone?
Caesar beat the Gauls.
Was there not even a cook in his army?
Phillip of Spain wept as his fleet
was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears?
Frederick the Greek triumphed in the Seven Years War.
Who triumphed with him?
Each page a victory
At whose expense the victory ball?
Every ten years a great man,
Who paid the piper?
So many particulars.
So many questions.

Bertolt Brecht
Walter Otto Koenig01-May-2018 18:46
Good image to underscore your point David.
Carol How01-May-2018 18:12
Very interesting and unusual capture~. And I love the gnarly shapes of those trees V
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