By CHRISTIE MASTRIC

Journal Staff Writer

@body copy:ISHPEMING — The 33rd Annual Labor Day Festival, planned for Monday in Ishpeming, will offer a variety of activities for people to celebrate the national holiday.

A parade will begin at 11 a.m. and travel on Euclid, Main and Division streets.

A picnic will be from noon to 4 p.m. at Lake Bancroft Park and the Cliffs Shaft Museum. Music will be provided by Adam Sawfox.

The festival is sponsored by the Marquette Alger Community Labor Council and the Upper Peninsula Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

UPRLF President Tony Ghiringhelli said this year’s theme is “Laboring On.”

“We have a rich labor history in the U.P. and the country, and we look to honor the people who fought for the rights we have today and continue to fight for working class people and families,” Ghiringhelli said.

Paula Herbart, president of the Michigan Education Association, will speak, along with local labor leaders and politicians, he said.

Parade marshals will be Michael Thibault and Kathleen Carlson, both members of the Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame.

Thibault was a founding member of UPRLF and the federation’s first president.

Carlson also was a founding member of UPRLF and president of Local Union 1613, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Ghiringhelli said the festival will include games for the kids, including upgraded bounce houses.

Christie Mastric can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 250. Her email address is cbleck@miningjournal.net.