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No sweat, thanks Ramona, and

Bruce Levine — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 03:19:51 +0000

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No sweat, thanks Ramona, and sounds like you have the less-than-perfect storm there. Hang in there.

Sorry I missed this, Bruce.

Ramona — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 02:58:23 +0000

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Sorry I missed this, Bruce. Dental appointment and big storm knocking out power. The usual. Anyway, don't mind at all. Wish I could be there. Thanks.

Ramona,

Bruce Levine — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:51:12 +0000

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Ramona,

I hope you don't mind if I use your thread to provide information about this year's Labor Day parade in NYC this Saturday, at 10 a.m. The parade starts at 44th and 5th and goes up town to 64th Street. It's an important election year so all the folks running will be around and, better yet, you can watch and meet union folks and working people and their families who are there to celebrate something that really does mean so much to them -- even in 2014. I'll be there with my little one, just as I used to bring her grown-up siblings. It's a good thing. Anyone interested can contact me through here about possibly meeting some folks (off the record). If the weather is good that'll be even better! :)

Thanks Ramona, nobody gets this stuff better than you. I hope you and yours are well.

Bruce

Ramona,

Bruce Levine — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:42:05 +0000

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sorry duplicate

Thx DD

rmrd0000 — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:47:58 +0000

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Thx DD

You remain in our prayers.

Here's to the undocumented

barefooted — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:28:57 +0000

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Here's to the undocumented workers who live in the shadows but get the job done. Without them, our society would be turned upside-down. And to the low wage earners who tolerate disrespect from those who couldn't make it without them.

Those are just a few of the folks who deserve a Labor Day holiday the most - and for whom today was just another Monday.

Just keep on keepin on for

Richard Day — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 22:54:37 +0000

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Just keep on keepin on for chrissakes.

Yeah!

Oh, and I sound trite once again, what is new about that? I hereby render the Dayly Comment of the Day Award to RMRD, given to all of him from all of me!

DAMN STRAIT!

the sacrifice! Let us not forget.

Labor Day began after a

rmrd0000 — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:44:57 +0000

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Labor Day began after a strike by workers against the Pullman company. The workers decided to strike impacting com mercer through to the country. President Harding activated troops to control the strikers. The Governor of Illinois objected to the President's action since no violence had occurred. In fact, the Governor considered activation of the troops an insult to the people of Illinois. The troops arrived, the workers grew angry resulting in a riot. Workers diad that day. The is the bloody origin of Labor Day.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/01/labor-day-2014_n_5738262.html

It is in memory of the sacrifices made by the labor force.

Hi Ramona, missed you.

Richard Day — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:44:19 +0000

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Hi Ramona, missed you.

Harding's experience is relatively common for young people vying to launch careers in nonprofit work. According to a 2010 study by research and consulting firm Intern Bridge, 57 percent of internships in the nonprofit sector are unpaid, while that figure is 34 percent within for-profit industries.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/01/nonprofit-unpaid-internship_n_5730672.html?utm_hp_ref=media&ir=Media

Irony or injustice.

What is the main headline regarding education today outside of Teacher Unions and de facto segregation? Student loans.

The repub cure?

Volunteerism. hahahahah

Left-wing and Right-wing orgs are draining our young people dry.

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Article by E.J. Dionne in

Beetlejuice — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:28:20 +0000

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Article by E.J. Dionne in WaPo ...

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“In this organization, here at Market Basket, everyone is special. You have demonstrated that everyone here has a purpose. You have demonstrated that everyone has meaning. And no one person is better or more important than another. And no one person holds a position of privilege. Whether it’s a full-timer or a part-timer, whether it’s a sacker or a cashier, or a grocery clerk, or a truck driver, or a warehouse selector, a store manager, a supervisor, a customer, a vendor or a CEO, we are all equal. We are all equal and by working together, and only together, do we succeed.”

And who could have guessed that the summer’s major labor story would not be about a CEO saving the jobs of his workers but about the workers saving the job of their CEO?

This is the wonder of the happy-ending tale of Market Basket, the New England grocery chain. Most of its 25,000 non-unionized workers walked out to get their deposed CEO, Arthur T. Demoulas, reinstated as the company’s leader.

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This is the true meaning of Labor Day ... in my opinion.

https://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_market_basket_of_dignity_20140901...