OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — On Monday, the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Central Labor Council held their annual Labor Day picnic at Melton Lake for union members and their families to come together. 6 News spoke with the council and union members about what Labor Day and being an essential worker means to them.

Labor Day is a time for union members to honor worker solidarity and recognize key achievements in the fight for workers' rights and that fight was not so easy. The holiday marks much more than just a day off.

"People kind of think ‘Oh, Labor Day. It’s a day off.’ It's really for us, a day to recognize and remember all of those kinds of past achievements that were really hard won. And a lot of people suffered to make sure that the workers that came after them had better lives and better work

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