Labor Day: Honoring the People Who Keep America Moving

Labor Day is more than the unofficial end of summer. It is a day set aside to recognize the people whose work has built America, keeps it running today, and will shape what comes next.

The first Labor Day celebration was held in New York City on September 5, 1882, organized by the Central Labor Union as a celebration of American workers. The idea spread quickly. Oregon became the first state to officially recognize Labor Day in 1887, and Colorado was among the first states to follow that same year. In 1894, Labor Day became a federal holiday, observed on the first Monday of September.

More than 140 years after that first celebration, the purpose remains remarkably relevant: recognizing the contributions working people make to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Every day, millions of Americans go to work producing goods, providing services, caring for others, operating businesses, maintaining infrastructure, solving problems, and doing the countless jobs that allow our communities and economy to function.

We want to give a special Labor Day salute to the men and women of the construction industry.

They are the people building something new and the people maintaining what generations before them built. They construct our homes, businesses, roads, utilities, and community facilities. They repair what is damaged, replace what has worn out, restore what can be saved, and continually adapt our built environment for the future.

Much of that work happens without fanfare. It requires skill, experience, physical effort, problem-solving, and pride in doing a job correctly.

America's history was not built by ideas alone. It was built by people willing to put those ideas into action. That remains true today.

This Labor Day, all of us at Water Extraction Team and Property Solutions Team recognize the American worker, including our own team members, trade partners, vendors, suppliers, and the thousands of construction professionals working throughout Colorado and across the country.

Thank you for the work you do, for what you have built, for what you maintain, and for what you will build next.

Happy Labor Day!