5 hard-working cartoons about Labor Day celebrations | The Week

published 7 September 2025

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;LABOR DAY 2025&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s a take off of Michelangelo&rsquo;s &ldquo;Creation of Adam&rdquo; from the Sistine Chapel. In this version, robot hands labeled &ldquo;Automation&rdquo; and &ldquo;AI&rdquo; reach out to touch.

This cartoon depicts an outdoor Labor Day picnic with a sign over a crowd that reads, &quot;Labor Day Picnic: Stop by for a bite!&quot; A robot labeled &quot;AI&quot; stops to speak with a man grilling hamburgers and says, &quot;You spelled 'Byte' wrong.&quot;

This cartoon shows a robot sitting at a desk working at a computer. The screen on the computer displays a search bar where the robot has typed in &ldquo;Labor Day&rdquo;. The search results are &ldquo;AI Overview: A day set aside to honor the American robot.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts eight Employee of the Month framed pictures hanging on a wall. The first seven are a variety of men and women. The eight is a smiling robot labelled &ldquo;AI&rdquo; giving a thumb&rsquo;s up.

This is a two panel cartoon set in a living room where a man and a woman speak as they lounge. The man says, &ldquo;Well, Labor Day is over.&rdquo; The woman replies, &ldquo;Yup.&rdquo; The next frame shows the man leaving. The woman says, &ldquo;Where are you going?&rdquo; The man responds, &ldquo;To get the Christmas decorations.&rdquo;

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