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Surrounded by leaders of many of South Florida’s unions, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said organized labor was the backbone of the South Florida economy, and praised worker groups for being part of a coalition standing up to growing challenges to American democracy.

Tow to Go is a program providing impaired drivers with a safe way home – towing cars and transporting drivers back home.

Rain coverage will increase from north to south as a front and then a storm moves through the South.

Workers at the coffee emporium had voted 16-1 to unionize this past May.

From a deadly factory fire to a presidential showdown with strikers, these major labor events became central to U.S. history, the modern labor movement and the rights afforded to workers.

Prodded by a new Transportation Department online customer service tool, airlines promise free food and hotel rooms for travelers stranded by delays and cancellations that are the airlines' fault.

Florida’s first “tool time” sales-tax holiday will allow shoppers to avoid paying sales taxes on numerous home-repair and construction items from Saturday through September 9t

Where did this three-day-weekend come from anyway?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed concern about the further spread of the delta variant. Health officials have been concerned about holiday weekends during the pandemic.

As summer reaches its end, health officials urge people celebrating Labor Day to socially distance and prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Many are worried that Labor Day will be like the Fourth of July and Memorial Day, when travel and celebrations fanned the flames of viral spread, especially across the U.S. South and West.

08/29/13 - 1:30 - Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and WLRN hosts Joseph Cooper and Bonnie Berman…