Harold Ford knows a great deal about the true meaning of Labor Day. He belonged to four unions during his many years of employment, and was involved in three strikes, once serving as a bargaining team member. He also served as a picket captain during another strike and narrowly avoided being arrested. The lessons he learned gave him a deep appreciation for the role organized labor played in building the middle class, and now a concern for the unfortunate diminishment of unions in recent decades. Harold will endeavor to lead a lively and meaningful Sunday service that shines a light on the importance of the labor movement in our lives. He recommends “Labor’s Untold Story” by Boyer and Morais and, more recently, “Midnight in Vehicle City” by McClelland (about the 1936-37 Flint sit-down strike) which he reviewed for East Village Magazine.