Labor Day celebrates and acknowledges our dedicated workforce. Hard workers are the foundation of our economy. Those who get up each day to put in their time on their long work shifts to make every industry run - from the carpenters and plumbers to medical doctors and lawyers - compose and support the economic backbone of our nation.
Star Trek’s glimpse into our possible future shows us a time where much work - certainly the laborious physical kind - has been replaced by near magical technology. Transporters zip away teams across thousands of miles in a wink of an eye, while near limitless computer power transforms labor into an almost casual endeavor. Yes, Starfleet crews and Federation citizens still put in a supposed 9-5, but it seems pretty cushy by our current standards.
Still, on some faraway planets, for some alien races, ya still gotta work. Listen closely… Can you hear Ru Paul urging us on that you better work?
In Voyager’s 7th and last season, Captain Kathryn Janeway’s crew finally has to put in an honest to goodness day’s work and pull a daily work shift. Let’s take that admirable American holiday to celebrate and honor our own workers by going to work with the crew of the USS Voyager.
Labor Day Star Trek - Voyager's 'Workforce'