Labor Day

Never Done and Under Paid

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 11.17.2011

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Elizabeth Gregory

This year Labor Day and Women's Equality Day bookend the week: a timely conjunction, since tension over what properly constitutes women's work is the crux of much of our current public discourse.

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McCain's War on Workers: Bloggers, Rockers, Unions Unite to Take Back Labor Day

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Art Levine

Today, workers and labor advocates should remind the public -- and progressives -- of the threat McCain's free-market policies pose to working families and labor rights.

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Labor at the Crossroads: Frank talk about what's at stake in this election

Thomas Kochan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thomas Kochan

Labor delegates are leaving the Democratic Convention with a clear message and a mandate, energized by the inspiring words of Barack Obama that "We ca...

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Labor Day and the Election Season

Gerald McEntee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gerald McEntee

Labor Day traditionally marks the start of the election season. This year is certainly no different, but the stakes are much higher than they've been in a long time.

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A Kick in the Career: It's Labor Day, Get Back to Work!

Thomas Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thomas Stern

After an eight-hour day of discovering your true worth as a working person, throw the Labor Day blowout bash you deserve.

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Republicans Putting The "Labor" Back Into Labor Day

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Filipowicz

Even though Labor Day was created in 1882 as a "day off for the working man," the Republicans know that in this horrible economy that they created, that our workers shouldn't be taking a day off!

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