1061

A Labour Day Wordle can look something like this

Another public holiday? Yes. Today in Trinidad and Tobago we celebrate Labour Day. 

Labour day is rife with history of oil field workers marches and strikes and attests to the evolvement of labour union in this twin island country.

Names like Tubal Uriah "buzz " Butler and Adrian Cola Rienzi come to foremind. Better working conditions and a voice for labourers are what all the strife and strikes were for. 

public holiday - 

a labourer stays at home 

planting flowers 

© gillena cox 2023 

 BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Haibun Monday 6-19-23: Liberation

challenge to write: Today, let’s celebrate liberation! Write a haibun that alludes to liberation, any way you conceive of it.

REVISIT

20170619

20180619

Labour Day 2021

ENJOY THE MUSIC
 

THIS IS MONDAY WRITES 400

Wishing You: A Happy Month of June; Stay Creative

You've heard about the Monday Blues 

well this is Monday WRites  (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea). 

❧✿❧

Monday WRites 303

 Today's mosaic shows a legal notice for curfew hours on 19th and 20th June 2021; Butler  statue in Fyzabad Trinidad and a newspaper clipping about the Public holiday Labour Day in 2021 Lockdown, here in Trinidad and Tobago.

Newspaper clipping and legal notice i got from friends via What's App. The Butler statue image is from the internet

Labour Day, a public holiday here in Trinidad and Tobago, falls on  19 June,  compared to other countries around the world. This date was chosen to commemorate the Fyzabad Labour uprising which happened  in 1937. This event sparked the modern day trade union movement in Trinidad and Tobago.

❧✿❧ 

You've heard about the Monday Blues well this is Monday WRites (musing on the definition here of rite, as any customary observance for eg the rite of afternoon tea).

Here in T&T, we are still in a state of emergency and locked down in trying to 'flatten the curve' Vaccinations are continuing

Welcome to Monday WRites #303: A Happy Monday to all. Be Safe.

Copy this code, pin my button to your blog
<br /> <a href="http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6SWRyNup04Tu-DHdHku-eZ46dPvdR1behyQDeWRkQXoqB8Pr9TDH7LXreco7jHeqxnDlOzlpnWCxnnIcZ6yu9Mtgpe4qv8trNe-9jfOesQgdvblbagwRByQNI0sgZ26mwN4lVUk_NeL/s200/mw.jpeg" alt="verses" /></a><br />

❧✿❧ 

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Mosaic Monday 

#137: Where Our Past Is Present

❧✿❧

REVISIT

Labour Day 2017
Labour Day 2016
Labour Day 2010

❧✿❧
21 June 2018

21 June 2017

21 June 2016

Labour Day in Trinidad and Tobago used to be a very high energy celebration time, (that was before COVID 19)

images from the internet used for the next two mosaics

I read  in June 2017. 'The Chieftain's Carnival And Other Stories' written by Michael Anthony. One of the short stories - 'Butler on the Road' is about the struggle prior to this holiday, of Fyzabad and the hero, Tubal Uriah Buzz Butler .

A JIGZONE PUZZLE 20 PIECES TO FIT ONLINE