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:: Sunday, September 05, 2004 ::
Labor Day: Isn't that a misnomer? By BOB RUEGSEGGER, The Free Lance-Star, VA
THE IRONY of how we observe Labor Day in these United States has never escaped me.
We recognize the contribution that labor--hard work--has made in the development of this nation by not working. What a novel approach!
Please don't get me wrong. I'm not opposed to the holiday; I'm just objecting to calling it Labor Day. Label it something else. Something more appropriate.
When Peter J. McGuire, a New York City carpenter who assisted in establishing the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and Matthew Maguire, a Paterson, N.J., machinist, suggested that a holiday honoring American workers be considered, they probably had another name for the holiday in mind.------------------------------------------- posted 8:04 AM :: reference link ::
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