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18 Jan 2013, 3:04 am
(Historical note: take this current legislation as an index of how far we have slid down that slippery slope identified by President Grover Cleveland in 1887. [read post]
Readers may contact guest blogger Grover Cleveland at www.swimminglessonsforbabysharks.com or on Twitter @babysharklaw. [read post]
9 Sep 2012, 3:58 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
The almanac was on Grover Cleveland. [read post]
3 Sep 2012, 9:25 am by Rod Rehm
“Conceived by America’s labor unions as a testament to their cause, the legislation sanctioning the holiday was shepherded through Congress amid labor unrest and signed by President Grover Cleveland as a reluctant election-year compromise,” according to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/business/july-dec01/labor_day_9-2.html. [read post]
1 Sep 2012, 6:26 pm by Ernster the Virtual Library Cat
  Finally, in June 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation making Labor Day a national holiday to be celebrated annually on the first Monday in September. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 3:19 pm by Harold O'Grady
That year, President Grover Cleveland signed a bill, S. 730, introduced in the United States and passed by the 53rd Congress, making Labor Day a legal holiday. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 12:29 pm by Everyday Law Staff
The first Labor Day drew tens of thousands of participants to Union Square Park, mostly workers and their families.While the path to a national holiday wasn’t easy, the federal holiday was signed into law 12 years later by President Grover Cleveland. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 6:16 am by Tom Cummings
President Grover Cleveland and Congress made it a top priority to ease tensions between union labor, ownership and management, and the Federal government. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 10:36 am by Employment Lawyers
In 1905, Grover Cleveland said, "Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 4:53 am by David J. DePaolo
Labor Day was signed into law in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland following police action against railroad workers demonstrating because of wage cuts and working conditions in the Pullman Strike. [read post]
http://thecareerist.typepad.com/thecareerist/2012/08/tips-for-surviving-that-first-interview.htmlBy Grover E. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 7:21 am by Glenn Reynolds
BARACK OBAMA, HISTORY-MAKING PRESIDENT: The Obama recovery isn’t worse than just the Reagan recovery, but also worse than the Teddy Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland recoveries. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 12:40 pm by Bexis
otherwise known as Prohibition), or Jimmie Foxx, or Grover Cleveland Alexander, or others from baseball’s Jim Crow years (a major argument why Bonds was better, in the context of better opposition, than Ruth or Ted Williams)? [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 1:08 pm
Consider this next news item, out of Cleveland (H/T: Ace of Spades):A myth that President Obama is giving people money to pay their bills has prompted thousands of people across the country to try to pay for utilities, phone service and loans using bogus bank routing numbers.United Way of Cleveland's 2-1-1 changed its answering machine Monday to say rumors of the Obama program were false after fielding dozens of calls.Later that day, a United Way employee was on an RTA bus… [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 5:10 am by Mike Scarcella
" Don't Look Down: From The New York Times: "The last time a man walked across the Niagara Gorge, Grover Cleveland was president. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 12:07 pm by JD Hull
Speaking of come-back kids, Grover Cleveland was president 1885-1889, was out of office for four years, and then president again 1893-1897. [read post]
11 Feb 2012, 6:57 am
He was the first black President, and now he can be the second 2-non-consecutive-terms President, after Grover Cleveland. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 9:00 am by law librarian
On February 8, 1887, President Grover Cleveland signed the Dawes Act, dividing up tribal lands into plots for individuals to farm. [read post]