The History Of Labor Day
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The making of an American holiday--from socialist rallies to backyard barbecues.
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Let's turn to history. The date: Nov. 1, 1755. The time: past 9 a.m. on All Saints' Day, a Catholic holiday. The scene: Lisbon, the devoutly Catholic capital of the devoutly Catholic Portuguese empire, shook -- first a big earthquake, then a big tsunami, then a big fire.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 3 -- The morning fog was still burning off the Allegheny River as workers gathered before 9 a.m. outside the hockey arena where a parade through downtown would later begin -- the electricians, the sheet-metal workers, the operating engineers, and, in greatest number, the coal...
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Yes, there is a Labor Day holiday in Germany, but it's observed on May 1. So Tommy Haas didn't mind working overtime in an American tennis sweatshop yesterday afternoon.
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LOS ANGELES  - The calendar might say Labor Day, but holiday weekend moviegoers in North America are just as likely to be celebrating Halloween. Or, make that "Halloween," Rob Zombie's remake of the 1978 slasher movie.
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This week&#39;s controversy over allegations made by anti-John Kerry Vietnam veterans in their TV ad and in their book provides an illustration of the way division of labor works today in American politics.
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Unions, management style and emerging influence of Latino's under scrutiny in today's Democratic cacuses
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It's a landmark day, but should anyone care?
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CHICAGO - At a time when restaurants typically put away their patio furniture, sweaters replace T-shirts and sailboats are plucked from the water, Midwesterners are out enjoying activities usually reserved for July and August - not weeks past Labor Day. Summer is here...
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US Surgeon General Richard Carmona is declaring today also is the first annual National Family History Day. As extended families gather today, it&#39;s a perfect time to compile medical histories, Carmona said.
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The stretch of southeast Chicago along Lake Michigan was built on steel. In its heyday, about 200,000 people were employed here in the steel mills and other industries related to steel production and shipping.
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Events of the day entangled many of us in an emotional lost and found.
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1906 &#151; Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitched a two-hitter over the Chicago Cubs for a 3-0 win and a 2-1 lead in the World Series.
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Labor Day is a time to fire up the barbecue pit and hang out at the beach for the last official rite of summer. It&#39;s also the day, every four years, when the presidential candidates ramp up their campaigns for the homestretch to Election Day.
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A close call in Congress for America's workers and employers alike.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 3 -- Hillary and Bill Clinton brought their traveling political road show to Iowa on Labor Day. The former first lady and the former president, by now long practiced as a political duo, continued the process of role reversal in the pursuit of a history-making presidency.
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Toll collectors and other Pennsylvania Turnpike workers went on strike Wednesday, union officials said. The strike began in the pre-dawn hours of the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year.