Aretha, Hoffa energize lively pro-union crowd Detroit News ...one of labor's most well-known figures ignited a storm of controversy over his remarks. Teamsters President James Hoffa said there's been a war on workers...
Labor Day celebration clouded by unemployment realities KY3 ...Jim Kabell of the Teamsters Local 245 (said) "This has not been such a good year for labor in this country. Labor has been under attack, working people have been under attack," Kabell said...
Protests permeate Labor Day Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...There were the familiar chants of, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Scott Walker has got to go" from steel workers, teachers, government employees, machinists and steamfitters...
Thousands show support for SB5 repeal Toledo Blade ...Toledo’s annual Northwest Ohio Labor Day Parade Monday could have easily been renamed the “Anti-Issue 2 Parade,” given the participants’ overwhelming condemnation of a law limiting collective bargaining rights for public employees...
Orlando Labor Day rally's festive mood tempered by high unemployment Orlando Sentinel ..."Everybody knows somebody who is not working," said Orlando resident Connell Daniel, 44...
GOP presidential candidates strut for Tea Party New York Times ...The leading Republican presidential candidates spent Labor Day declaring their fealty to limited government as they sought to demonstrate credibility with a Tea Party movement that has seized the political energy of their party...
