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...

AIRLINES WEIGH FARE PRICES, GAS COSTS\ FULL TANK OF JET FUEL NOW THOUSANDS...

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  August 16, 2005 ;     561 words ......can tell, the cost of jet fuel -- and thus your airline...stimulate travel between Labor Day and the busy holiday...are equally fierce. Jet fuel in most cases has risen...Come the day after Labor Day, planes may not be half...fares will drop after Labor ...

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 travel plans take a hit

Daily Breeze;  August 28, 2008 ;     529 words ......Southern Californians will be hitting the roads this Labor Day weekend, opting instead to lounge in their inflatable...percent lower than last year, when the number of Labor Day vacationers rose 1 percent, according to the Automobile...organization. That's because the soaring cost of jet ...

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...

REP. MICA ISSUES STATEMENT ON PROBLEMS WITH COMMERCIAL JET FUEL SUPPLY,...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Congressional oversight hearing on the commercial jet fuel supply and cost problems to the aviation...year is the supply and cost of commercial jet fuel, which is the subject of our hearing today...supply disruption propelled commercial jet fuel prices to a record-high of $3.13 per ...

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...

LABOR DAY FORECAST; RETAILERS USE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND'S RESULTS TO PREDICT...

HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  August 25, 2003 ;     514 words ...HIGH POINT, N.C.-The Labor Day weekend is a key barometer for fourth-quart...general, in nine of the last 10 years, Labor Day is a predictor of retail sales at...the fourth quarter certainly is. Labor Day is the kickoff of the fall selling...