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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"><p> Hi, <p> I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. <p> =-=-=-=-=-=-=<br> Overworked Laborers’ Day? <p>OK, we had to do it. Some snippets from a focus on the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/03/AR2006090300996.html" title="daily grind">daily grind</a> by the Washington Post:</p> <p><small></p><li>The Pew Research Center: “Americans believe that workers ... are worse off now than a generation ago—toiling longer and harder for less in wages and benefits, for employers who aren’t as loyal ... in jobs that aren’t as secure.”</li> <li>The Economic Policy Institute’s “State of Working America 2006/2007”: Productivity may have boomed in recent years, but family incomes have stalled.</li> <li>Peter D. Hart Research for the AFL-CIO repeats this pessimistic drumbeat: Fifty-five percent of Americans said their incomes were not keeping up with inflation; 38% predicted that the economy would worsen in the coming year.</li><p></small><br /> <br>Also, the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/september96/labor_day_9-2.html" title="origins of Labor Day">origins of Labor Day</a>, <a href="http://www.workingamerica.org/badboss/" title="My Bad Boss Contest">My Bad Boss Contest</a>,  <a href="http://alistapart.com/articles/fourdayweek" title=" four-day workweek">a four-day workweek</a>, <a href="http://www.bls.gov/" title="labor statistics">labor statistics</a>, <a href="http://www.economist.com/theworldin/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3372495&d=2005" title="quality of life">quality of life</a>, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0609030237sep03,1,1654450.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed" title="undocumented workers' rights">undocumented workers’ rights</a>.  More labor links? Put ‘em here…. </p> <p><a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060904_overworked_laborers_day/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060904_overworked_laborers_day/</a> <p> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved.<br> =-=-=-=-=-=-=<br> This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender.<br> Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"><p> Hi, <p>I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. <p> =-=-=-=-=-=-=<br> Overworked Laborers’ Day? <p>OK, we had to do it. Some snippets from a focus on the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/03/AR2006090300996.html" title="daily grind">daily grind</a> by the Washington Post:</p> <p><small></p><li>The Pew Research Center: “Americans believe that workers ... are worse off now than a generation ago—toiling longer and harder for less in wages and benefits, for employers who aren’t as loyal ... in jobs that aren’t as secure.”</li> <li>The Economic Policy Institute’s “State of Working America 2006/2007”: Productivity may have boomed in recent years, but family incomes have stalled.</li> <li>Peter D. Hart Research for the AFL-CIO repeats this pessimistic drumbeat: Fifty-five percent of Americans said their incomes were not keeping up with inflation; 38% predicted that the economy would worsen in the coming year.</li><p></small><br /> <br>Also, the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/september96/labor_day_9-2.html" title="origins of Labor Day">origins of Labor Day</a>, <a href="http://www.workingamerica.org/badboss/" title="My Bad Boss Contest">My Bad Boss Contest</a>,  <a href="http://alistapart.com/articles/fourdayweek" title=" four-day workweek">a four-day workweek</a>, <a href="http://www.bls.gov/" title="labor statistics">labor statistics</a>, <a href="http://www.economist.com/theworldin/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3372495&d=2005" title="quality of life">quality of life</a>, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0609030237sep03,1,1654450.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed" title="undocumented workers' rights">undocumented workers’ rights</a>.  More labor links? Put ‘em here…. </p> <p><a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060904_overworked_laborers_day/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060904_overworked_laborers_day/</a> <p> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved.<br> =-=-=-=-=-=-=<br> This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender.<br> Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com