Optimistic Voices

As Labor Day rolls around, it is time to start keeping our eyes peeled for the annual Labor Day columns. As Randy Shaw notes, this typically means lamentations about the state of the labor movement (and the endangered state of the 40-hour work week, defined benefit plans and other hard-won labor victories). Shaw's column is good, and is the second one I have seen pointing out that things ain't so bad out there. In fact, with the 2008 election on the horizon, things are looking up for Labor.

Happy Labor Day. I will try to post a few other columns that grab my eye, as long as they don't depress me too much.