Labor Day tribute to American workers and history
The piece honors Labor Day as a national salute to workers from textile and steel to high tech. It recalls Pullman protests and Cleveland's 1894 act creating the holiday, notes shifts in labor power, and praises a balanced partnership between labor and business in a global market. It extols workers who build the nation and frames the day as more than just a summer farewell.
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Pullman
Pullman Railroad Sleeping Car Company
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Aiken Standard Staff List Detailing Editorial Team
The Aiken Standard announces its leadership and staff roles including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Circulation Director Ellen Priest Managing Editor Timothy E O Briant Pressroom Supervisor James R Bennett Jr Systems Manager J David Boyd.
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa Ellen
Priest
Garth R. Groshans
Timothy E. O’briant
James R. Bennett Jr
J. David Boyd
Hard labor stories and the unions fight over ergonomics
A veteran press inserter describes brutal summer factory work and laments modern office complaints. The piece critiques AFL-CIO push for federal ergonomic rules, arguing unions seek self-preservation and a new class of whiners rather than genuine worker protection.
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Afl-Cio
Bush
Heidi Eberhardt
New York
Maria Olivas
Arnold Schwarzenegger
AFL Cio
Letter praising Joe Wilson to fill Spence seat
The author denounces Hollings for insulting Thurmond and endorses State Senator Joe Wilson as the rightful successor to the late Floyd Spence in South Carolina's Second Congressional District. The message commends Wilson's public service record and character as the proper candidate to carry Spence's legacy in Washington.
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Souter
Floyd ‘Spence
Spence
Joe Wilson
South Carolina
Washington, D.C
Sen. Wilson
Sen
Wilson
The Aiken Standard Letters to the Editor Policy
The Aiken Standard welcomes Letters to the Editor. All letters are subject to editing and condensing. Letters should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, Aiken Standard, RO Box 456, Aiken, SC 29802. Send Email to swallace@aikenstandard.com. Fax letters to 803-648-6082.
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Swallace
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Farmers Fight Kyoto Protocol Opposition in South Carolina
South Carolina agriculture commissioner urges residents to back President Bush against the Kyoto Protocol. He argues the treaty would raise fuel and fertilizer costs, raise energy prices, threaten exports and jobs, and harm the agricultural economy while developing nations escape restrictions. He calls for immediate citizen action.
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China
India
North Korea
Brazil
Mexico
South Carolina
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