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The Labor Department produced a Labor Day video to highlight the American worker and the accomplishments of the Donald Trump administration.

One man is in police custody following the discovery of multiple explosives near the route of a Labor Day parade in New Jersey that the state’s governor was scheduled to attend on Monday.  

The number of single women in the workforce is on the rise, which is having a big effect on the economy, according to research. study by investment bank Morgan Stanley showed that by 2030, almost half — 45 percent — of women between 25 and 44 in the United States will be single — the largest share in history.

Leaders of public sector labor unions are determined to use state legislatures to undermine the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which declared mandatory public union dues unconstitutional.

President Donald Trump recognized the American worker in a proclamation for the Labor Day holiday. “On Labor Day, we recognize the remarkable American workers who comprise the greatest labor force in the world,” he wrote.

Like any holiday, Labor Day has always been a political football.  Politicians and parties have fought over its meaning—past, present, and future. And these days, as technology and globalism are transforming work, it’s all the more important to grasp the importance of labor and the continuing need to protect its place in society. 

The federal government is helping giant multinational corporations such as Amazon and Google to reap a 15 percent discount every time foreign workers are hired over American college graduates, says Hilarie Gamm.

Elaine Parker of Job Creators Network writes in RealClear Policy that, as strong as the economy is for the American worker, there are dark clouds on the horizon with policy proposals from the likes of Bernie Sanders such as Medicare for All.

Ronald Reagan kicked off his 1980 campaign for the presidency on the banks of the Hudson River, overlooking the Statue of Liberty, on Labor Day in 1980 with a promise to “make America great again.” Standing side-by-side with the father

The old saying “You can’t wear white after Labor Day” is a fashion rule that is long gone to the history books, rightfully ditched by First Lady Melania Trump. 

“On Labor Day, we celebrate the American worker: The bulwark of our national prosperity and the cornerstone of our national greatness,” Trump wrote in his proclamation, setting aside Monday, September 3, as Labor Day.

President Donald Trump began Labor Day by bashing union leader Richard Trumka after he criticized the president’s policies over the weekend.

A group of activists led by a Chicago minister plan to shut down the primary highway leading to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Labor Day.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) stated that the tax bill, court rulings, and pension cuts are threats facing American workers. Transcript as Follows: “I’m Sherrod Brown, Senator from Ohio, and don’t you dare call our state

Many of the 1,374 drones seemed to be confused, marring Tuesday’s high-tech light show celebrating Chinese Labor Day and turning some of the images into a glittering mess in the sky.

Iran’s top leader said Monday the United States is pushing Saudi Arabia into a war against Iran.

It will come as little consolation to the millions whose homes and businesses are currently being devastated by wind and flood but Irma is by no means the worst recorded storm to hit the U.S.

Fast food workers gathered together in Boston to push for a $15 an hour minimum wage at a “Fight for $15” rally Monday.

Center for Security Policy President for Research and Analysis Clare Lopez blamed political mismanagement stretching back for decades, rather than a failure of intelligence-gathering, for the shock of North Korea’s latest nuclear test on Monday’s special Labor Day edition of Breitbart News Daily.

President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner support the idea of extending DACA, according to a report in the New York Times.

A Burbank woman went into labor on Labor Day, and her husband delivered their baby in the hallway of their home. However, she had not even known she was pregnant.

While President Barack Obama celebrated Labor Day with his G-20 colleagues in China, black Americans were left to ponder why they are economically worse off than when he first took office.

The 840-employee Ashley Furniture factory in Colton, California is preparing to shut down over Labor Day weekend — thanks to the state’s new $15 minimum hourly wage — and join the over 9,000 companies that have left California in the last seven years.

Donald Trump posted a Labor Day message on Facebook Monday morning and is spending the holiday campaigning in Ohio.

“Welcome to our big plane! It’s so exciting!” Hillary Clinton said to reporters who asked her a few easy questions to kick off the day.

The headline in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press was revealing: “Trump’s trade talk resonates for some union members.” Here, in what was once the citadel of organized labor, there’s anxiety—and curiosity. How will working people vote this November? For Hillary Clinton? Donald Trump? Or perhaps another candidate?

During Saturday’s Weekly Address President Obama stated that while there has been “good progress” in the economy, “too many working folks still feel left behind” and wondered, “Do we want a future where inequality rises as union membership keeps falling

Yes, the men and women of Trump Nation were brimming with energy, enthusiasm, and a steely sense of high purpose.

GOP presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum was the only GOP candidate—out of seven who had promised to participate in the Chapin Labor Day Parade in South Carolina—to personally show up and follow through on the commitment, according to a local ABC affiliate report.

At around 10PM on Labor Day Sunday, I posted a coding problem to the popular software developer forum, Stack Exchange.

Monday at an AFL-CIO Labor Day event in Pittsburgh, Vice President Joe Biden ranted about the economy as it pertains to the American labor force. Biden said, “We can’t let the changes that have taken place and crept in for the last

President Obama celebrated Labor Day with another executive order to help enforce his agenda.