Labor Day

Deluxe of the Draw: R.E.M., Warren Zevon, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Juno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

In case we didn't know the holiday season was fast approaching... a spate of CD box sets, hits compilations and expanded, Deluxe Editions of some of our favorite albums are usually tell-tale sign.

What's Fair Got to Do with the Price of Green Tomatoes?

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 10.15.2008 | Green


Leslie Hatfield

One group is moving ahead with a campaign to pressure corporations to pay a little more (a penny a pound, to be exact) for tomatoes. And they're winning.

How To Unplug And Recharge

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 09.06.2008 | Living


Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent

We hope that many of you had the opportunity to take a break from work on Labor Day and celebrate the end of summer by relaxing with friends and famil...

Repower America's Workers

Cathy Zoi | Posted 09.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Labor Day, Green News

Cathy Zoi

One of the most important problems that our economy has faced for the last 30 years has been stagnating real wages.

Employee Free Choice Act Could Be Biggest Reform Since New Deal

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 09.01.2008 | Business


Mark Weisbrot

One of the most important problems that our economy has faced for the last 30 years has been stagnating real wages.

The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment

Rep. George Miller | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics


Rep. George Miller

Our nation's workers, battered by unfair global competition, stagnant wages, declining benefits, and poor employer compliance with labor laws, deserve a Department of Labor that lives up to its name.

The War on Labor Day

Elana Levin | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics


Elana Levin

Bill O'Reilly talks about "The War on Christmas," and while that concept has been widely lambasted I'm here today to sound a different alarm -- that there is truly a War on Labor Day.

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

Art Levine | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics


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.

Never Done and Under Paid

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.01.2008 | Living


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.

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

Thomas Kochan | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics


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...

Labor Day and the Election Season

Gerald McEntee | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Thomas Stern | Posted 08.27.2008 | Business


Thomas Stern

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

Republicans Putting The "Labor" Back Into Labor Day

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics


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!

In NYC, Labor Joins the 21st Century, Finally

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 09.07.2007 | Politics


Linda Cronin-Gross

A rally tomorrow will focus on the health care needs of those who worked cleaning up the mess after 9/11. Six years later, it's clear that there are health problems that are still surfacing and that haven't been addressed.

Enjoy Labor Day. You Need It.

Traie Dockter | Posted 09.03.2007 | Living


Traie Dockter

Labor Day. Burgers and brats. Friends and family. One in three of us feeling chronically overworked. Huh? The end-of-summer holiday now solicits ima...

Bush Pays Surprise Visit to Reality

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.03.2007 | Politics


Andy Borowitz

President Bush departed from his planned itinerary on Labor Day to make a surprise visit to reality, later calling the two-hour stop in the real world "informative."

Discovering Labor's Untold Story: A Labor Day Reading List

David Sirota | Posted 09.03.2007 | Politics


David Sirota

Here are some books that I think are must-reads for anyone wishing to understand unions and the labor movement.

Capital Day 2007: Time for a Name Change?

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 09.02.2007 | Politics


Max Fraad Wolff

it seems a more accurate nomenclature for the official end of the holiday season and the return to our lengthening work hours and falling vacation times.