Back to work, back to reality // Yep, it's Labor Day. The traditional end...

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......and scrape the gas grill clean. It's Labor Day. Better celebrate. On Tuesday, summer unofficially ends. Sniff. Whimper. Sob. Labor Day was created more than 100 years ago as...been a little bit easy on us until after Labor Day," said Mitchell Lewis, a seventh-grade...

Gift ideas just don't work for Labor Day.(FAMILY TIMES)(LIFE AND TIMES)

The Washington Times;  September 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......paper hats tomorrow. It is, after all, Labor Day. The agency defines the holiday as a...no line of official greeting cards for Labor Day, featuring, say, a worker bee in designer...and all a happy 9-to-5. There are no Labor Day keepsakes available for cubicle or home...

Labor Day school feud resurfaces; A Senate bill that would repeal state...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 30, 2007 ;     604 words ......Minnesota schools could start before Labor Day, the debate is being reignited. Sen...prohibits schools from starting before Labor Day, except under special circumstances...her plan allows schools to start after Labor Day if that's what worked out best for them...

Aiming to eke out a bit more summer; A bill would prohibit schools from...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 5, 2005 ;     497 words ...Byline: Norman Draper; Staff Writer Labor Day could take on new meaning next year...prohibiting schools from starting before Labor Day has been quietly making big progress...allow them exemptions. When the shifting Labor Day holiday comes late, as it did last year...

Getting into the Labor Day spirit--sort of.(As I See It)(Brief...

Mississippi Business Journal;  September 1, 2003 ;     642 words ...Monday, September 1st, Labor Day. Just about everybody is celebrating...Department of Labor's Web site, Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is...American Federation of Labor, said, Labor Day differs in every essential way from...

Labor Day born from unrest.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  August 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Harry Wessel Labor Day, which the nation officially celebrates...fall fashion (no white shoes after Labor Day!) or the date for a charity telethon...probably is a lot you don't know about Labor Day. For instance, the observance was...

Historians Trace Labor Day's Roots.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Harry Wessel Aug. 27--Labor Day, which the nation officially celebrates...for fall fashion (no white shoes after Labor Day!) or the date for a charity telethon...probably is a lot you don't know about Labor Day. For instance, the observance was conceived...

Meaning slowly slips away from Labor Day.

Record (Stockton, CA);  September 4, 2006 ;     560 words ......Siders Sep. 4--Americans today celebrate Labor Day, one last grasp at summer before fall...prepares to mark its 124th celebration of Labor Day, the presence of union labor is in decline...expecting that it's a day off. From the first Labor Day march, in New York in 1882, through ...

LABOR DAY FACTS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 3, 2000 ;     221 words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-03-2000 LABOR DAY FACTS COMPILED BY MONSY ALVARADO Date...Edition: All Editions -- Sunday {BOX} Labor Day is the first Monday in September. The...Puerto Rico, and Canada. {BOX} The first Labor Day was not held on a Monday. It was celebrated...

The back and forth on back to school; Two legislators have bills that...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ......in Minnesota from starting before Labor Day. I see no reason at all why kids can't go back to school after Labor Day, said Rep. Larry Howes, R-Walker...that schools shouldn't start before Labor Day and should end sometime in the first...

The meaning of Labor Day.

Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas);  September 3, 2006 ;     632 words ...Byline: Mark Fagan Sep. 3--Labor Day: Peter McGuire envisioned it, Grover...June 28, 1894, of a bill establishing a Labor Day holiday -- and more by what goes with...from three Lawrence residents for whom Labor Day carries special significance. Karen Glotzbach...

THE LABOR DAY PAUSE THE ISSUE: THE TRUTH IS, AMERICANS LIKE TO WORK. OUR...

Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current);  September 3, 2007 ;     393 words ...Labor Day began as Americans were increasingly migrating...our growing industrialization. The first Labor Day parade was held in New York in 1882 by...trades and their unions. Indiana's first Labor Day celebration was sponsored by the Knights...

Region's workers put labor in Labor Day

Press of Atlantic City;  September 4, 2006 ;     496 words ...When asked what exactly Labor Day means, Don Bender gave a pretty standard...much of that resting he mentioned. Labor Day, the unofficial last day of summer...holiday to honor American workers. Labor Day used to be about, well, labor. As...

Not getting worked up over another Labor Day.(FAMILY TIMES)(LIFE AND...

The Washington Times;  September 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the pantheon of American holidays, Labor Day definitely is in the second tier...season. Hallmark has yet to invest in a Labor Day line of greeting cards or refrigerator magnets. Most of us know Labor Day means mattress stores and auto dealerships...

Pennsylvania AFL-CIO: Labor Day Events Schedule.

PR Newswire;  August 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ......women and their families will celebrate Labor Day through worship services, picnics, rallies...George is available for interviews for Labor Day stories by phone (717) 215-4313. The AFL-CIO is hosting its second annual Online Labor Day Festival, billed as the biggest hometown...