Article: Facts about Labor Day

Article: AAA Reports Labor Day Travel Anticipated Record-High.
PR Newswire;  August 26, 2004 ;     482 words ......million that flew last Labor Day. A projected 1.5 million vacationers (5 percent) will go by train...remain high, as 40 percent of Labor Day travelers expect...and didn't know, 3 percent. Research for Labor Day travel is based on...

Article: AAA Reports Labor Day Travel Highest in at Least Nine Years.
PR Newswire;  August 25, 2003 ;     451 words ......by airplane, down 2.6 percent from last Labor Day holiday. A projected...t know. Of the total Labor Day travelers, 46 percent expect to stay at a hotel...stay or didn't know, 3 percent. Research for Labor Day travel is based on a...

Article: AAA Reports Gas Prices Won't Cause Decrease in Labor Day Travel.
PR Newswire;  August 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......The forecast 0.9 percent increase for this Labor Day is the smallest expected...invasion. In 2004, Labor Day travel increased by 2.4 percent over the previous...hotel rooms, with 39 percent of the total Labor Day travelers expecting...

Article: What Are We Celebrating?; For Many, Labor Day Reflections on Their Job Aren't Pretty
The Washington Post;  September 4, 2005 ;     614 words ......union secretary, Labor Day now marks a time...of workers (53 percent) say their income...to an AFL-CIO Labor Day survey that found...age. Also, 54 percent of workers are...feelings this Labor Day. "The number of...morning. Just 39 percent of workers ...

Article: AAA Reports Labor Day Travel Expected Higher Despite Gas Prices.
PR Newswire;  August 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......The forecast 0.9 percent increase for this Labor Day is the smallest expected...invasion. In 2004, Labor Day travel increased by 2.4 percent over the previous...hotel rooms, with 39 percent of the total Labor Day travelers expecting...

Article: Many reasons to celebrate Labor Day's significance
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  September 6, 2004 ;     377 words ...Labor Day has been around for more than a century in the United...since classes waited until September to resume. Labor Day also has long been considered the "official" start of the political campaign season. Certainly, today's Labor Day celebrations will be well-populated by ...

Article: September Same-Store Retail Sales Rise 2.7 Percent; Later Labor Day, Weather Conditions Impact Sales.
PR Newswire;  October 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ......PRNewswire/ -- A later Labor Day holiday, which shifted sales...same-store retail sales to a 2.7 percent gain over the same period...same-store sales gains from the Labor Day calendar shift were tempered...Southwest, with Texas up 4.6 percent, Oklahoma up 4.1 percent and ...

Article: Labor Day, baseball, Grover Cleveland and myths
The Journal Record;  August 30, 2000 ;     700+ words ......first state to recognize Labor Day, passing a law in February...Congress passed an act making Labor Day a federal holiday. The...say Cleveland seized the Labor Day bill as a chance at conciliation...He signed the bill and Labor Day was born. Still, Cleveland...members ...

Article: 1.7 million to travel Labor Day weekend.
M2 Presswire;  August 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ......prediction of 3-percent growth for the year. This year`s Labor Day travel periods...influence on Labor Day travel plans...two-thirds (68 percent) of the respondents...Michigan`s 2001 Labor Day survey show: Sixty-eight percent of the trips...

Article: Labor Day to set travel record.
M2 Presswire;  August 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......record and a 46-percent increase over last...residents reported Labor Day travel plans. The...even better -- 70 percent of those with travel...Michigan`s 2000 Labor Day survey show: Seventy-nine percent of the trips will...were not used by 66 percent of the victims ...

Article: Labor Day's origins stretch back to 1882
Whittier Daily News;  September 5, 2005 ;     699 words ...WHITTIER As people celebrate Labor Day today with picnics, parties and camp...Bureau of Statistics, overall about 12 percent of American wage and salary workers...them.' Who came up with the idea for Labor Day holiday remains in dispute more than...

Article: 1.1 Million Michiganians Will Travel on Labor Day, Says AAA.
PR Newswire;  August 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......air, down 6.9 percent from last year. The surge in Labor Day travel will closely...costs up from Labor Day 2005. Hotel rates...increased, averaging 5 percent higher for a moderately-pric...decreased about 1 percent. During the 2006 Labor Day holiday, travelers...

Article: Arizona Not Expected to Share in Rest of Nation's Labor Day Travel Bonanza.
The Tribune (Mesa, Arizona) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ......weekend, up nearly 2 percent from last year...America. The early Labor Day weekend will cut...progressed. About 84 percent of the weekend...by car -- up 2.2 percent from last Labor Day, and 11 percent will travel by...vacationers -- 46 percent -- will stay ...

Article: AAA MICHIGAN: 1.5 million to travel during Labor Day ho holiday, says AAA.
M2 Presswire;  August 20, 1999 ;     646 words ......The upcoming Labor Day holiday should...prediction of 4-percent growth, said...Michigan's 1999 Labor Day survey show: Eighty-eight percent of the trips...not used by 73 percent of the victims...numbers this Labor Day holiday, all...