Happy Labor Day

The internet is great for reminding me about American holidays that would otherwise slip by me unnoticed while living abroad. For example, apparently today is labor day! (Or probably tomorrow is.  Labor day is usually a monday, no?)

Anyhow, Hilda Solis (current U.S. Secretary of Labor) said the following in a Labor Day blogpost on HuffPo:

In the weeks and months ahead, policymakers will be debating what should come next.
There are some who believe that when times are tough, it's time to get tough on workers. I don't buy that. 

I applaud the sentiment, but we'll see what sort of proposals and such actually come out of the Obama administration in the next few months.  But, at least we have a labor secretary who sounds like she gets it. And who won't make union busting her sole driving purpose while in office.

Baby steps, people. Baby steps.