Labor Day

Labor Day, Today is Labor Day, an occasion often marked by beach trips and barbecues. While that’s all well and good, we here at Wonkblog would be remiss if we let the long weekend go by without a few good charts that show what it means to be a worker in America today and how that has changed over the years.

Labor force participation is way higher today than it was in the 1940s — but significantly lower than a decade ago.

This chart comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which began keeping track of how many Americans older than 16 participate in the labor force in 1948. There was a big climb through the ’60s and ’70s, as women began to increasingly work outside the house.

The biggest group outside the labor force are the retired.

If you’ve ever wondered who, exactly, are the 37 percent of Americans outside the labor force, wonder no more! Bloomberg Businessweek put together this graphic showing who works, who doesn’t and why.

What Is Labor Day

What Is Labor Day, Star power still counts for something clearly. Despite the impressive “D” indicating CinemaScore most toxic word of mouth, The American reached the top of the box office weekend of Labor Day largely on the shoulders of handsome George Clooney, making and 16.4 million during the holiday of four days and $ 19.5 million since opening on Wednesday, according to preliminary estimates. That’s a fabulous sum for a weekend to go to the movies known as one of the sleepy the year, even more so considering the film lean and 20 million budgets. The audience, divided equally between men and women, were markedly outside the whelp demographic usual multiplex, too: 55 percent were 50 years of age and older. But why were apparently turned off by the film? (The woman gave him an F.) I’d look at a marketing campaign that had ticket buyers waiting for a spy thriller of the fleet led by a handsome Clooney, à la Nitty Hollywood studio films of the 1970s. In fact, entered into an austere character study focused on a grim Clooney, restaurants à esoteric European art movies of the 1970s. (My mother, who liked the movie, put it: “The plot … well, there is no plot.”) Regardless of why audiences have soured on the film, negative feedback is not exactly a good omen for their financial longevity.

After coming third in the estimated three-day box office, the mexploitation “Machete thriller claws its way back into second place with an estimated 14 million and during the four day Labor Day holiday. This is a little more than the opening gross of the film progenitor, the 2007 double feature Grindhouse. Last week’s number one film, for its part, showed some staying power. (While the dollar figures I will be discussing will include projections collects job day, every percentage drop for the period from Friday to Sunday only to compare fairly with gross revenues last week.) Dropping 47 percent, and Taker took in 13.5 million, for a total of 40 million third. Fourth, The Exorcist Last fell 64 percent in its second weekend, which is about right for a horror movie with a final act of polarization. 8.8 million was raised and Labor Day and 33.6 million by a Cume.

The third film to open over the weekend of Labor Day may have suffered from a marketing blunder of a different type. Going the Distance debuted with a weak 8.6 million in four days for fifth place, serious underachievement and one of the worst weekends ever wide open to the stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Lukewarm reviews did not help, but also questioned the wisdom of pushing the launch of the film’s Day weekend after billboards and bus ads touting the film’s release August 27 as there were many more saturated markets.

Thanks in part to a poor harvest of the opening of the films, the rest of the top ten showed impressive staying power. Sixthly, The Expendables dropped 30 percent, with 8.5 million and Labor Day and $ 94.1 million total. At this rate, is on track to be first star vehicle for Sylvester Stallone to gross over 100 million since 1985 in Rocky IV. (You read that right.) The other guys passing only 16 percent in seventh place, laughing and 6.7 million more for four days and 108.1 million cume. Eighth, Eat Pray Love declined 29 percent, chewing and 6.3 million for a total of 70.4 million y. starting a Small slipped 7 percent in ninth place, dreaming and 5.9 million and its cume to 278.5 million y. And in tenth place, Nanny McPhee Returns fell just 24 percent, banking and 4.7 million to 23.5 million and total.

Next weekend, Resident Evil: Afterlife is in 3-D take bite out of the cinemas, and I will try to predict the box office with greater accuracy than my one-DOS does not epic – Going the Distance is overestimated and grossly underestimate the American – from last week.

Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day

Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day, Just days after thousands of people leading a march celebrating Sacramento woman’s right to vote, and denouncing those politicians that dishonor, the California Nurses Association / National today announced that the United Nurses Labour Party celebrations days throughout the state have two Queen Princess Meg and Carly, the two satirical lampooning Republican candidates for governor and senator.

The two characters in the dual roles against former directors general appointed by the Republican Party will meet and entertain workers at a breakfast in Los Angeles, a parade of near Long Beach, and a picnic at the Alameda, the latest developments in what will be a busy fall elections. The real Republican candidate, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, is expected to remain separated from actual voters and the media that day, as they have done throughout the campaign.

What:

Entertain Queen Meg Workers During the State’s Labor Day festivities Monday, September 6

When / Where:

7:30 am, breakfast at the Labor Day, the Cathedral of Los Angeles, 555 West Temple, LA

When / Where:

10:00 am, the Port Labor Day Parade, begins Prohibition Park, 131 Eubank Ave., Wilmington

When / Where:

3:00 pm, Alameda Labor Day Picnic, MLK Shoreline Park, 7250 Doolittle Dr., Oakland
“There is much at stake for Californians this election. Do you really want to give even more power over Wall Street people who have done so much damage to our communities? Nurses who attend the courage, compassion, and community, why we are leading the fight to stop Whitman, Fiorina, and its values of Wall Street, “said Malinda Markowitz, RN, co-president of the CNA / NNU.

Princess Carly continue his quest to introduce his alter ego, Carly Fiorina, a certificate indicating the recent award of names of the 20 worst presidents in history. HP has lost 60 percent of its value during his tenure, and 28,000 workers were laid off, for which he was dismissed, and moving away with $ 100 million in compensation.

Queen Meg, an icon of the election this year in California, has become an irritant for the Whitman campaign with its sharp satire of an off-the-touch monarch, who responded by declaring an unprecedented war against the state nurses.

Among the many similarities of these two candidates is the former director general lack of concern that have been shown to voting and civic participation of women in their adult lives, until the opportunity to vote for themselves. Fiorina has voted in only five of 18 elections since 2000, missing details about Whitman describes himself as “appalling” record, which can be even worse.

Source:
California Nurses Association

Labor Day Sales 2010

Labor Day Sales 2010, Sales Labor Day 2010 offers this weekend – and it is Labor Day 2010, a lot of sales going to happen at certain large retailers and wholesalers this weekend. Since employees will be on vacation for this day, this is the best time to take this opportunity to plan ahead of time to visit malls and stores in your favorite clothes, appliances, food, electronics, etc.

And here are some sales on Labor Day 2010:

Through the weekend of Labor Day, every carpet in the online inventory NW Rugs’ is on sale, with prices that are discounted over 50% off. Buyers can now browse the official website of the NW Rugs, through hundreds of styles of carpet, based on style, brand, shape or color to quickly find what you’re looking for.

Now, get 25% off your Gap or Gap online shopping with children GPLABORDAY discount code. I’ll also give free shipping for 50 and the GAPSHIP50 code. If you miss the online sale today, you can get 20% discount from September 4 – Labor Day, then 10% discount on September 7

Old Navy offers 20% discount and 100 or 25% discount coupon 1150 “ONSAVEBIG.”

Meanwhile, GroVia (before and Bethenny Frankel GroBaby diaper of choice) is having a sale online 24 hours where you can get 25% off everything, absolutely everything. Online sales will begin at midnight on Labor Day 2010, September 6, 2010.

At Banana Republic, save 30% off sweaters, jeans and more beauties fall. (For sale online.) And get free shipping on orders over 50 and the Code: BRFREE 50, now through Sept. 12.

As electronics and computer sales in Deepdiscount.com offered buy one, get one free sale of Blu-ray if you use the code “LABORBD. Moreover, Newegg Mall is also having his day job and Promotional Sales Bonanza offers.

The Macy’s is offering free shipping for orders of more automatic and 99 from now until Labor Day 2010.

Please stay tuned here as we continue to give you the latest updates from the stores, retailers and wholesalers who are giving discounts and sales on Labor Day 2010. Enjoy shopping this holiday weekend.

West Indian Day Parade 2010

West Indian Day Parade 2010, The parade is a celebration of all the Caribbean and is glad everything related to heritage and culture of the West Indies, but should not feel that it must be of the West Indies to join the fun. In this parade all are welcome to come and enjoy and see the thousands of protesters, listening to Caribbean music and enjoy delicious food in the region, according to chiff.com.

You want to know the schedule, time, route and other information so that we can help with some of that. The parade begins at 11:00 am and the tour starts at Utica Avenue to Grand Army Plaza along Eastern Parkway. As you may have about 2 million people in the great event of the council is not only lead to take the subway to the bus stop with these alternatives. 2 subway to Grand Army Plaza or Franklin Avenue, 3 meters of the Grand Army Plaza, Franklin Avenue or Utica Avenue, 4 subway to Franklin Avenue or Utica Avenue subway and 5 Franklin Avenue.

For more information on this, go to chiff.com. Do you intend to visit the parade and carnival today and what it’s about what you like best? We welcome your comments and thoughts about this special event.

It is Labor Day 2010, Monday, 06 September, and for some that means that sales and trading, while for others it means thinking of the story of the day and what it means for men and women. For many others, though the Labor Day means it’s time for the annual West Indian American Parade and Carnival in Brooklyn, New York, one of the biggest cultural events of the year. This year marks the traditional Labor Day parade will celebrate its 42nd anniversary.