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WATCH: 'A-Holes On The Beach'

Posted 11.14.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Video, Labor Day, Key of Awesome, Song Parodies, Funny Videos, Key of Awesome a-Holes on the Beach, Fall, End of Summer, Fall Back, A-Holes on the Beach, Comedy News

With all the barbecuing and sleeping we did over Labor Day Weekend, we somehow missed this Key Of Awesome tribute to the merciful end of summer. Of co...

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Reflections on Labor Day

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | Posted 11.12.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Immigrants, Labor, Workers, Labor Day, Wealth Gap, Illegal Immigrants, Income Gap, Minimum Wage, Sexism, Immigrant Workers, Women's Work, Los Angeles News
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana

The stratification of the job market is even more acute today than it was in my youth. Adult immigrants are trying to raise families on the kind of jobs I did as a way of contributing to my college expenses.

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What Work Is: What Labor Day, the Poet Laureate, Adderall, Mountain Biking, and the Philosopher Horace have in Common

Michael Henry | Posted 11.09.2011 | Denver

Read More: Moby Dick, Labor Day, Stephen Elliott, Writing, Mountain Biking, Philip Levine, Poet Laureate, Horace, Poetry, Denver News
Michael Henry

Perhaps I needed to have already experienced Labor Day 2011 in order to begin contemplating the meaning of Labor Day, and the idea of labor, and how it relates to the craft of writing, and the work of our daily lives.

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What I Want to Hear From My President

Sheila Crowley | Posted 11.05.2011 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Infrastructure, Obama Jobs, President Obama Speech, Labor Day, Homelessness, Housing, President Obama, Jobs, Mortgage Interest Deduction, Politics News
Sheila Crowley

I am one of many Americans who hope that President Obama will offer real job creating solutions when he speaks to the nation after Labor Day. I am hop...

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Celebrating Social Security: The Workers' Program

Daniel Marans | Posted 11.07.2011 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Payroll Taxes, Labor, Workers, Labor Day, Scrap the Cap, Budget Hawks, Budget Deficit, Solvency, Politics News
Daniel Marans

As we return to work after Labor Day weekend, it is important to recognize all that Social Security does for American workers. The best way to do that is to make sure workers know the facts about the program.

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Reading the Pictures: As 9/11 and the New World Trade Center Overrun Labor Day

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.07.2011 | Media

Read More: 9/11, World Trade Center, Bagnewsnotes, Labor Day, Michael Shaw, Photojournalism, Bob-Dylan-Ny-Times-Magazine, September 11 Anniversary, Media News
Michael Shaw

2011-09-07-Screenshot20110907at8.18.37AM.pngWhy isn't anyone asking what made the edifice of the WTC such a target in the first place?

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The Debit Is in the Details

Len Hollie | Posted 11.06.2011 | New York

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Debt, Payments, Checking Account, Ecommerce, Check Cashing, Debit Cards, Money, Shopping, Economy, Wells Fargo, Prepaid Cards, Employment, Rewards, Federal Reserve, Jobs, National Trend, Retail Stores, Holiday, Credit Cards, Labor Day, Revenue, Spending, Banks, Consumers, Fees, Customers, Cash, Debit Cards Rewards Program, Swipe Fees, New York News
Len Hollie

In August, the Federal Reserve imposed a cap on the fees banks can charge retailers every time customers swipe their debit cards. Why is that important? In addition to banks, consumers may be the biggest losers.

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Tar Balls On Alabama Beaches To Be Tested

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 11.06.2011 | Green

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GULF SHORES, Ala. — Heavy surf churned up by Tropical Storm Lee sent tar balls rolling onto Alabama's prime tourist beaches, and officials said ...

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Made in America: Unemployment and Labor Day

Kevin Powell | Posted 11.06.2011 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, President Obama Speech on Jobs, Unemployment, Labor Day, Labor Unions, Politics News
Kevin Powell

As we Americans finish off another Labor Day weekend and the traditional end of summer with park outings, barbeques, and parties, I think it very necessary, given the dreadful state of our nation's economy, to recall why this holiday was created originally.

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The Jobs Fiction

Edward Flattau | Posted 11.06.2011 | Green

Read More: Green Tech, Environmental Policy, Green Jobs, Labor Day, Environmental Industry, Environmental Jobs, Jobs, Environmentalism, Green Industry, Green News
Edward Flattau

The contention of Republicans in the House of Representatives that pending air pollution regulations will cause significant job loss is a falsehood dressed up as a scare tactic.

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Labor Day Reflection: Time for Americans to Participate in Power

Kevin Zeese | Posted 11.06.2011 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Wealth Divide, Wealth, Income, Labor Day, Economy, Politics News
Kevin Zeese

When you dispassionately review the reality of the U.S. economy, it is a depressing state of affairs that screams out for Americans to get up, stand up and shout: "we can do better than the political and economic elites."

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Ryan Grim

Obama's Labor Day Speech (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.05.2011 | Politics

Read More: Labor Day Rally, Afl-Cio, Obama Labor Day, Obama Job Creation, Obama Jobs Plan, Obama Jobs, Video, Labor Day, AFL-CIO Rally, Obama Rally, Obama Afl-Cio Rally, Barack-Obama, Obama Labor Day Rally, Obama Labor Day Plans, Labor Day 2011, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Less than a week ahead of a critical address before a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned defense...

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Labor Day?

Carolita Johnson | Posted 11.05.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Labor Unions, Labor Day, Workers Rights, Labor Day History, Labor Day Meaning, Labor Day 2011, Comedy News
Carolita Johnson

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Obama Says Congress Must Pass Jobs Plan

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.05.2011 | Politics

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DETROIT — President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labor Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the c...

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Labor Day Good News?

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.05.2011 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Labor Day Jobs, Labor Day, Jobs, Labor Day 2011, Labor Day Unemployment, Business News
Steve Clemons

While today is cloudy, there is some hope that America's no-job-growth economy may be tilting slightly up for workers in coming months.

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Our Favorite Comedies About Working

Posted 11.05.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Best Office Comedies, Office Humor, Video, Work Comedies, Labor Day, Our Favorite Comedies About Work, Movies About Work, Work Related Movies, Funny Slideshows, Best Work Comedies, Office Space, Labor Day 2011, Comedy News

How are we celebrating this Labor Day? By watching some of our favorite work-related comedies, of course. From vintage masterpieces starring Jack Lemm...

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WATCH: 'You Made A Difference' Campaign Thanks Teachers

Posted 11.05.2011 | Education

Read More: Students Thank Teachers, You Made a Difference, You Made a Difference Campaign, Video, Thanking Teachers, Teachers, Labor Day, Education News

In recognition of Labor Day, we'd like to draw your attention to a new campaign that focuses on the work that teachers do, and the ubiquity of their i...

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Hope for Rebirth on Labor Day

Matthew Dowd | Posted 11.05.2011 | Politics

Read More: Elections 2012, Jobs, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Labor Day, 2012 Election, Barack Obama, 2012, Politics News
Matthew Dowd

We are at a moment when the rules and institutions we have lived by at every level no longer work. And we need to let them go slowly and begin to build a whole new system and new relationships with each other.

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Happy First (Labor) Day of Classes!

Michael Roth | Posted 11.05.2011 | College

Read More: First Day of School, Wesleyan University, Liberal Arts Education, Labor Day, College News
Michael Roth

Labor is on the mind of our students and their families in a more general sense this year. The awful job situation in the United States has lasted far too long, and each year frosh begin their college years hoping it will be better by the time they graduate.

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Obama Previews Job Creation Ideas

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.05.2011 | Politics

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DETROIT (AP) — President Barack Obama is previewing his ideas for job creation and economic growth at a Labor Day rally with union members in Detroi...

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8 Amazing Historical Photos Of Women At Work

Posted 11.01.2011 | Women

Read More: Career & Money, life.com, Labor Day, Working Women, Working Women Photos, Women World War II, Female Welders, Female Factory Workers, Women News

On Labor Day it's interesting to think about the work you might have been doing had you lived fifty or eighty years ago. If you were working class or ...

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Good Jobs

James P. Hoffa | Posted 11.04.2011 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Labor Day, Unions, Economy, Unions Jobs, Stimulus, Stimulus Jobs, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

That government stimulus creates jobs and revitalizes economic growth is accepted as fact by businesspeople, financiers and even Martin Feldstein, Ronald Reagan's chief economist.

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An Abbreviated Story of Labor: What Once Was but Is No More

Jeanne Allen | Posted 11.04.2011 | Education

Read More: Parent Trigger, Teachers Union, American Federation of Teachers, Nea, Labor Day, Charter Schools, United Federation of Teachers, Education News
Jeanne Allen

This Labor Day, let's resolve to change the system that once was needed but is no more. All of our great labors day in and day out aside, our schools and public institutions need the right to put results and effort first.

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For Blacks, Too Little Work to Go Around This Labor Day

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 11.04.2011 | Politics

Read More: Racial and Ethnic Minority, Congress, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Blacks Unemployment Rate, Obama Economy Speech, Latinos, Labor Day, Department of Labor, Unemployment Rate. Blacks, Black Unemployment, Politics News
C. Nicole Mason

As Americans take a day of rest to mark the nation's commitment to a hard day's work, blacks and other racial minorities wonder if they will ever get back on the job.

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BeLabor Day

Abe Gurko | Posted 11.04.2011 | Politics

Read More: Belabor Day, Labor Day, Barack, End of Summer Stomach Ache, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Surgeon of Birkenau, Barack Obama, The Debt, Politics News
Abe Gurko

No one really celebrates Labor Day. Sure, we take off that Monday, but since Labor Day represents the end of summer and the return to school, who is c...

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