Published Monday, September 01, 2008 6:05 AM

American workers still world's best

Eagle Editorial Board

Today is Labor Day, a day to celebrate the sweat and toil of America's working men and women. We do so any more by letting most of them, well, work. There was a time when businesses and stores closed down to give employees a time to rest and to celebrate their labor over the previous year. Now, for most of us, it is just another day.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't honor those who toil in every kind of job imaginable. Now we do it without the parades and picnics and speeches of times past.

While the method has changed, the respect we feel for the American worker has not diminished. Our workers are the most productive in the world and America remains the standard against which all other work places are judged.

Times are changing. Jobs are changing. Technology is changing. But the respect we feel for America's working men and women doesn't change. It remains strong and unyielding.

Today, and every day, we salute America's workers.

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