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The NBC Nightly News has a full report on the uplifting story of good Samaritans, including Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert, a member of News Media Guild-CWA.

Today, I want to extend my warmest wishes to the Communications Workers of America. Thank you for your commitment, your talent, your hard work, and your service to this country. On behalf of everyone at the Department of Labor, I'm honored to wish all of you a great Labor Day.

During the 2003 Contract Extension, the Union retained the right to designate floating holidays for members who were formerly covered by the 1986 AT&T COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT.

The outlook is grim for American workers.

First came the news that 40 percent of workers are living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new CareerBuilder survey.

Then the Pew Research Center released a deluge of economic data -- The Lost Decade of the Middle Class – demonstrating that the middle class is shrinking. Today, 85 percent of middle-class Americans says it is more difficult now than 10 years ago to maintain their standard of living. Families are feeling pinched, and “for the first time since the end of World War II, mean family incomes declined for Americans in all income tiers,” says the report.