WELL, IT'S AN OMAHA LABOR DAY TRADITION. THE ANNUAL PARADE NEAR DOWNTOWN OMAHA. AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S EDDIE MEZA WAS THERE FOR ALL THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. CELEBRATING NEBRASKA WORKERS. DAY. A DAY TO CELEBRATE UNION LABOR WORKERS. THAT'S WHAT THE 45TH ANNUAL OMAHA LABOR DAY PARADE IS ALL ABOUT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT LABOR. THE WORKERS OF OUR CITY THAT ARE HERE DOING W WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY AND BEING ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT, TO THANK THEM FOR FOR THEIR EFFORTS IS, IS IS VERY WARMING FOR US. PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF UNION LABOR WORKERS. IT'S AN EVENT THAT'S HAPPENED FOR 45 STRAIGHT YEARS, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS UP IN THE AIR BECAUSE SEPTEMBERFEST IS GONE. IT'S GOT TO KEEP GOING. IT'S THE BIGGEST LABOR EVENT ANYWHERE IN THE IN THE MIDWEST. SO WE GOT TO KEEP IT GOING. SO IT'S A GREAT TIME AS FAR AS ANY SCARES FOR NEXT YEAR. JIM VECCHIO, THE CEO OF THE NEBRASKA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION, SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM BETWEEN THE LABOR UNIONS THEMSELVES AND DONATIONS. THE LABOR DAY PARADE IS ALIVE AND WELL. WE'LL DO WELL ENOUGH TO KIND OF HOLD THIS OFF AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF SURPLUS TO ACTUALLY HOLD OVER FOR NEXT YEAR. THE CORVETTE CLUB AND THE FORT CALHOUN BAND. ALL A PART OF TODAY'S PARADE. THE HANSON FAMILY IS ONE OF THE MANY THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE PARADE FOR YEARS TO SUPPORT THEIR SON, A UNION SEWARD WITH OPPD. IT'S A FAMILY DEAL. IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY TODAY AND LABOR AND AND THE UNION. AND JUST HAVING FUN TODAY. IT'S NOT JUST A FAMILY AFFAIR, BUT A COMMUNITY ONE AS WELL. LIFE'S ABOUT WORKING AND WORKING TOGETHER TO TO MAKE AMERICA CLICK.