As we approach Labor Day, the conversation should center on the empowerment of individual workers rather than the influence of union bosses. The article highlights that while the holiday is traditionally a time to honor labor, it has increasingly become a platform for union officials to push for expanded government-granted coercive powers. It stresses that workers have the right to decide their own involvement in unions without being forced into membership. This perspective is grounded in the belief that today’s unions no longer serve the best interests of their members but instead seek to maintain control through financial and political means.