Tag Archives: Labor Day
Hurry–3 Days Only
Labor Day is a challenge for me. Since I shifted to a blogging schedule that includes a Monday post, and since that’s when I sometimes get all philosophical, it seems that I should address the holiday in some meaningful way. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Photography, Working for a living
Tagged blogging, Home Depot, labor, Labor Day, Linda Ronstadt, OSHA, Poor Poor Pitiful Me
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Happy Labor Day 2015
I wrote this post in 2012. This blog was slightly over a year old but had collected fewer views in 14 months than it usually does in one month today. I am re-posting this for three reasons. 1) I like … Continue reading
Posted in History, Perspective
Tagged Holidays, labor, Labor Day, Mill, Pittsburgh, Unions, work, workers
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Labor of Love
I started writing this post in my daughter’s apartment while watching a pair of male cats and the NCAA Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Faith was away, and those boys needed to be fed – they always need to be fed. Those … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Sports
Tagged Alabama, dog, Irish Setter, Iron Bowl, Labor Day, NCAA Football, pets, Tuxedo Cats, WVU
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Go Where the Current Takes Us
I didn’t imagine that I would be returning to the topic of rivers so soon, but family and friends and the calendar have combined to nudge my brain to the point where I can’t think of anything else to write … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Learning, Nostalgia
Tagged gateway clipper; Joni Mitchell, I Wish I Had a River, jobs, Labor Day, lifelong learning, Pittsburgh
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My Encounters with Organized Labor
The first time I came face to face with the strength of organized labor was in the parking lot of Small Arms Manufacturing, a machine shop that made gun barrels near Pittsburgh. The night before, I had worked my first … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Labor, Learning
Tagged Airborne Freight, labor, Labor Day, Mayview State Hospital, Post Office, Unions, Universal Cyclops
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Happy Labor Day
Welcome to the least respected holiday on our calendar – Labor Day. A federal holiday since 1894, Labor Day is better known as the last holiday of summer, the serious start of school, and a great time to buy just … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion
Tagged death calendar, industry, labor, Labor Day, manufacturing, Pittsburgh, workers
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