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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

A new motto for Labor Day: Don’t stiff workers

Members of the The Writers Guild of America picket outside Paramount Pictures on May 3 in Los Angeles. (Ashley Landis/AP)

On this Labor Day weekend, some workers are “celebrating” by putting in unpaid hours on their jobs. Or by working without health insurance or sick time or accruing vacation days.

For them, even at a time when the jobless level is low, it will hardly be what the U.S. Department of Labor calls a holiday that “is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers.”

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