DETROIT, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Detroit Symphony musicians and the Detroit Federation of Musicians will lead a miles-long and thousands-strong Labor Day parade down Woodward Avenue. The invitation to lead the parade came from Detroit AFL-CIO President Saundra L.
Catholic Charities USA Labor Day Statement
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rev. Larry Snyder, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the social service network committed to reducing poverty by 50 percent by 2020, issued the following statement today at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend:
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"As our nation begins to celebrate and enjoy time off from work this weekend, we are mindful of the 39 million Americans struggling in poverty every day.
Boxer's Labor Day Message to Latinos: We Don't Want Immigrants to Work Here
Sen. Barbara Boxer Once Called Immigrants a "Pool of Cheap Labor"
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Anticipating the nation's observance of Labor Day, Alfonso Aguilar, Executive Director of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, reminded Latino Voters in California that Senator Barbara Boxer opposes a Temporary Worker Program that would allow employers to bring more workers from places like Mexico and Central and South America.
"Senator Boxer doesn't get that our economy needs foreign workers to do the jobs Americans don't want," said Aguilar.
