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Labor Day: What Does ‘Labor’ Mean, Anyway?
In a Word
To mark a holiday whose meaning is often obscured, writer D.W. Gibson asked the unemployed what the word ‘labor’ means to them.
D.W. Gibson
Published
Sep. 3 2012
4:45AM EDT
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D.W. Gibson
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