[Superman]

Indeed. Wayne's post is, as usual, lucid, accurate and respectful. We do indeed have some small labor issues getting a little lip service, large problems getting shoved into the closet and GARGANTUAN problems just around the corner.

But I'd like to speak to the rather fickle nature of partisan politics in the Labor community, because it is wildly interesting. My world is filled with union construction workers ("building trades"). Almost to a man (or woman) they are terribly conservative voters. They feel strongly that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but that's not nearly as important as the gun-rack issue. Guns. That's the most important. So, they align with the conservatives.

The conservative legislators come to town with a pro-gun, pro-marriange....but anti-worker....agenda. They cannot be seen messing with stuff like OT laws since that would alienate that fairly large group of registered voters. It's a very interesting dynamic, and it's amusing as he!! to watch the legislators deal with those issues. Because it's all about votes, and campaign contributions. They need to take shots at laws that protect the construction workers, in order to remain in good stead with their corporate sponsors, but they have to be invisible while they're doing it. Funny.