September 2019 Homeward Bound

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In case you aren’t sure of the title… it's Labour Day. The Backwards Holiday. Every year when it rolls around I wonder why it’s named Labour Day. Since it’s a Holiday intended to be just that, a Holiday – I would think a better name may be Relax Day or Lazy Day or Off Day or Sleep-In Day, maybe even Do-Nothing Day, something other than Labour Day.  After all, we know what “labour” means. And many will likely be celebrating Labour Day by Labouring.

Labour Day came about in the US because workers felt they were spending too many hours and days on the job.

In the 1830s, manufacturing workers were putting in 70-hour weeks on average. Sixty years later, in 1890, hours of work had dropped, although the average manufacturing worker still toiled in a factory 60 hours a week.

These long working hours caused many union organizers to focus on winning a shorter eight-hour work day. They also focused on getting workers more days off, such as the Labour Day holiday, and reducing the workweek to just six days.

These early organizers clearly won since the most recent data show that the average person working in manufacturing is employed for a bit over 40 hours a week and most people work only five days a week.

Surprisingly, many politicians and business owners were actually in favour of giving workers more time off. That’s because workers who had no free time were not able to spend their wages on traveling, entertainment or dining out.

As the economy expanded beyond farming and basic manufacturing in the late 1800s and early 1900s, it became important for businesses to find consumers interested in buying the products and services being produced in ever greater amounts.  Shortening the workweek was one way of turning the working class into the consuming class.

So, to celebrate the month of September and the affection for Labouring, I have a special announcement to make: I will be Labouring, but for a very special reason.

My team and I are addicted to helping you and those you know buy or sell the place they call home.  In fact it's a race to help as many as possible so we can GIVE more away.

A CORE philosophy at our company is ‘the size of the hole you receive through is directly proportionate to the size of the hole you give through’.  This is why our Mission is to Go Serve Big!!! Serve you, serve those you refer to us and of course, serve a very worthy cause… the great work being done at Plan International Canada.

Each month I do my best to remind you that YOUR referrals help the kids…

Through our Go Serve Big mindset, we are on a mission to raise $10,000 for Plan International Canada by donating a portion of our income from home sales to them.  As you know Plan Canada does tremendous work of helping kids fight and survive very difficult life challenges by providing them access to sanitation, clean water, free schools, health care, in many communities where life is not easy for these kids.

As the area’s leading non-profit, they depend on sponsorships and donations to continue their leading-edge care and keep family’s expenses to a minimum.  So, YOUR REFERRALS REALLY DO HELP THE KIDS…

Anyone you know considering buying or selling a home please refer them on over to my real estate team.  Not only will they benefit from our award-winning service, but a very worthy cause will benefit as well.  Simply call me direct at 416-858-9006 or forward my number to them.

Thank you in advance for your Referrals!

We are committed to the mission of Go Serve Big!!!

With all my appreciation and deep gratitude,
Maria Ho
416-858-9006
maria@mariahomes.ca
MariaHomes.ca