You had to be impressed with Hillary Clinton last night. She did what had to be done. She asked her troops - why were they in this fight? Was it for the America, or was it for her? It was the pivotal question of this Democratic Convention. She was powerful, and although we may not have a woman in the White House yet, Hillary has certainly paved the way.

Perhaps it was because Labor Day approaches, but I heard the theme woven throughout her speech - the fight for the rights of working men and women.

My father was a garment worker, a pattern maker, a man who left for work in the dark, came home in the dark. A member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Growing up I saw what it was like, to work for people who refused to treat you with common human decency. I met many listeners on the Air America Cruise who had family in the Labor movement. Union organizers who were beaten, some lost their lives fighting for workers rights. Today, management still treats workers as a cost of doing business. If you want to where the gap is, there it is. Nothing really trickles down.

I was shocked last year when there was no Labor Day Parade. Union leaders just shrugged. This year the parade is back. Maybe that’s a message, a sign - one that we should pay attention to.

Without progress, without respect, we’ll never be able to march proudly on Labor Day. Until we can, we should call it what it is - marching in place.