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Today in labor history: FDR establishes Thanksgiving holiday

November 26, 2013 By Special to People’s World

President George Washington became the first president to proclaim a Thanksgiving holiday, when, at the request of Congress, he proclaimed November 26 as a day of national thanksgiving for the U.S. Constitution.

The real turkey talk at our dinner table

December 2, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

My mother and stepfather live in Festus, Mo. They are working class folks.

Unions — a reason to give thanks this Thanksgiving

November 25, 2010 By PW Editorial Board

Thanksgiving is a grand American holiday: secular, focused on family, food, friends, celebrating and giving.