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Giving Thanks and Giving Back

by Charlie Brown for Congress [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

(Cross Posted at Daily Kos)

As Jan and I reflect on the past year, we are humbled and profoundly grateful for the tremendous outpouring of support we've received from people across the 4th CD and the entire country.  To all our friends (both new and old), volunteers, netroots activists, and contributors, we can never say thank you enough for believing in this campaign, and for fighting so hard to get our country back on track. 

And together, we will.  Onward to victory!

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Labor Day: Celebrating Our “Work-A-Day World”

by Kim Stevens [courtesy of Party Line]


This Blog was written for Labor Day in 2006.  Thanks to Janey Ranlett for updating it for 2007.

On Monday, September 3, many Americans will enjoy a day off to commemorate Labor Day, a holiday which differs in many respects from other holidays.  As Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor, said, “All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation."

Simply put – Labor Day celebrates the day to day endeavors of all Americans as we strive to earn a good day’s pay for a good day’s work, enabling us to provide for our families and enjoy a good quality of life.

Yet this “good quality of life” is elusive for many Americans.  Many of us work day in and day out and still don’t quite make ends meet.  During a recent visit to the State Fair in Sacramento, I  met a young woman who in “real life” is a construction laborer working out of Local 185.  Her industry has been slow enough this year that although she considers herself blessed with a good job, she has gotten not just one but two separate part-time jobs at this year’s Fair.

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