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By E. J. Dionne | Monday, September 3, 2007 | The Washington Post

Another Labor Day piece on Labor with a Capital “L”, very different in tone from the one I posted earlier. Here, political analyst EJ Dionne tells us the back-story behind the current conundrum: labor union membership is at one of its lowest levels in history, yet the unions are one of the most politically influential groups in the nation. That is why every single Democratic presidential candidate is courting them…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/02/AR2007090200955_pf.html