Happy Labor Day 2014
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From the Right
Happy Labor DayWhy is Labor Day so important to us?
That's a good question. Perhaps it's because Labor Day gives the American worker a chance to spend some additional quality time with friends, family and loved ones. It’s also, supposedly, the last day you’re allowed to wear white, and, as Karl Rove points out, it's “the unofficial start of the fall campaign season.”
These are all good things, or at least good things to know. But its true meaning and purpose is actually quite fascinating (via the US Department of Labor):
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From the Left
Labor TodayIn the months before Labor Day last year, job growth was so slow that economists said it would take until 2021 to replace the jobs that were lost or never created in the recession and its aftermath.
The pace has picked up since then; at the current rate, missing jobs will be recovered by 2018. Still, five years into an economic recovery that has been notable for resurging corporate profits, the number and quality of jobs are still lagging badly, as are wages and salaries.
In 2013, after-tax corporate profits...
From the Center
Labor Day Turns Attention Back to Minimum-Wage DebateThe White House and union leaders are using Labor Day reinvigorate efforts to raise the minimum wage.
Legislation to increase the federal pay floor from $7.25 an hour stalled in Congress this spring, but Democrats hope the issue will resonate with voters in November, especially in states with closely contested Senate races.
“Raising the minimum wage would be one of the best ways to give a boost to working families,” President Barack Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio address. He pointed to stronger job creation gains this year but...
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