]> http://www.americasolidarity.org/taxonomy/term/59/0 en http://www.americasolidarity.org/node/802 <p>Finally, there was some coverage of AIS's efforts to grow a Labor Day Picnic. Both the Tacoma News Tribune and the Tacoma Weekly featured articles about the day...prior to the event.</p><p><a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/merryman/story/146780.html" target="_blank">Kathleen Merryman's column</a> (copied below) gave us some deserved exposure in the News Tribune. Meanwhile, the <a href="http://www.tacomaweekly.com/article/1055" target="_blank">Tacoma Weekly</a> helped bring people in with a nice article.<br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="info6"><strong>Don’t forget what this day celebrates</strong></div> &lt;!-- end HEADLINE -->&lt;!-- SUB HEADLINE --> <span class="info4"></span><p> &lt;!-- end SUB HEADLINE --> &lt;!-- BYLINE --> </p><div class="info"><strong>KATHLEEN MERRYMAN; THE NEWS TRIBUNE</strong> </div> <div class="info_small">Published: September 3rd, 2007 01:00 AM</div><p> &lt;!-- end BYLINE --> &lt;!--SIDEBAR--> &lt;!--SIDEBAR--> </p><div style="padding-left: 3px; float: right; display: inline;"><table width="300" height="21" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td> &lt;!-- Start table --> <table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="1" bgcolor="#bbbbca"><img width="1" height="1" src="http://media.thenewstribune.com/images/misc/spacers/spacer.gif" /></td><td valign="top" align="left" style="padding-left: 3px;" class="info"> &lt;!-- First Photo/Caption --> &lt;!-- Second Photo/Caption --> &lt;!-- Third Photo/Caption --> &lt;!-- PDF --> &lt;!-- END PDF --> &lt;!-- RELATED STORIES --> &lt;!-- end RELATED STORIES --> &lt;!-- RELATED LINKS --> &lt;!-- end RELATED LINKS --> </td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> &lt;!--end SIDEBAR-->&lt;!--end SIDEBAR--> &lt;!-- STORY CONTENT -->&lt;!-- Dateline -->&lt;!-- End Dateline --> Our 24-7 culture has, in a weird way, smudged the original purpose of Labor Day. <p>Hard-won with strikes and demonstrations, Labor Day was, at its birth, a militant celebration that marked a shift of power in the nation’s economy. Workers, many of them literally sick of long hours, low pay and lousy conditions, demanded a reasonable share of the wealth they were creating.</p> AIS in the news Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:23:25 -0400