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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Census Bureau's Public Information Office, +1-301- 763-3030, +1-301-763-3762 (fax), pio@census.gov
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This newspaper recorded the events of Labor Day 1904 with unusual enthusiasm, describing a parade of more than 2,000 union members in Bangor as "filled with good-fellowship and triumph ... a potent example typified in thousands of silent, stalwart men, of the strength and force and dignity which labor organization brings.
In particular it admired the keynote address - "admirably clear, concise and forceful ... illuminated by shafts of keen, at times almost satirical wit" - delivered by J.F. Sheehan of Massachusetts, who laid the groundwork for the development of unions:
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Census Bureau Public Information Office, telephone: +1-301-763-3030, fax: +1-301-763-3762, pio@census.gov
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(Editor's note: On this Labor Day 2009, a reprint of a classic Trib editorial by reader request.)
Work can be dreary, draining, frustrating -- sometimes it is a hateful thing. On those days when we'd like to throw up our hands and head for the hills, we are reminded through bitter experience that it is a rare circumstance when not having a job is better than having one.
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Local Unions Partner with Mexican Consulate in Thirteen Cities to Offer Innovative Worker Rights Programming
CHICAGO -- The United Food and Commerci...
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COLUMBUS -- Vice President Joe Biden's headed for Cincinnati on Monday to celebrate Labor Day with the Cincinnati AFL-CIO and to unofficially kick off the fall political campaign.
It's a step down for Cincinnati union members and their Democratic allies who hosted Biden's boss, President Barack Obama, at their Coney Island Labor Day picnic in 2009. Obama's going to Detroit this year.
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: James Deegan of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, +1-717-231-2867
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Greetings to all working people on this Labor Day 2009. Labor Day is a chance to celebrate the tremendous contributions of working people to this country.
Today we remember that we do the work. We dig the mines. We make the steel. We build the buildings. We make the cars and tractors. We heal the sick. We teach and care for the children and the elderly. We bind the nation together through all forms of communication. We fight the wars. We cook the food. We change the sheets. We make America run. Anything that did not grow on its own or was not put here by the hand of God, was made by us.
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Labor, Environmental, and Community Groups Launch American Values Agenda for Change at Walmart
WASHINGTON -- UFCW International Vice President and D...
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DENVER -- More Americans will get away for the Labor Day weekend this year, yet stick closer to home as they try to get the most for their money, AAA said Wednesday.
The auto club expects 34.4 million people to travel at least 50 miles from home between Sept. 2 and Sept. 6. That's up nearly 10 percent from 2009 -- one of the lowest Labor Day volumes in AAA's record keeping history -- and below the 45 million who traveled during the Labor Day weekend in 2008.