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In honor of the latest dreary news that exactly zero net jobs were created in August, the corporate CEOs who ship our jobs overseas, and the budget cutters in Washington whose priorities lie elsewhere, let’s just rechristen the September holiday “Un-Labor” Day.

For nearly 14 million unemployed Americans, as well as nine million more who have had their paychecks and hours cut because of the economy, the idea of celebrating Labor Day this year is a cruel joke.

Labor Day was meant to honor American men and women who did the hard work and heavy lifting that built the world’s biggest, most productive and once prosperous economy.

Make no mistake, the contributions of American Labor â€" weekends, the eight-hour work day, child labor laws, a 40-hour week, workplace health and safety, all aspects of American life that we now take for granted â€" fully deserve the traditional Labor Day picnic and civic parade down main street.

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