Big labor's big betrayal
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1 Left 0 Centered 2 RightToday New Yorkers, like all Ameri cans, are observing Labor Day -- and many have the day off. Great. No doubt, they earned it. But the holiday -- once meant to extol an honorable movement, affirm worker solidarity and celebrate gains won through collective bargaining -- is an ideal time to look at what has become of the labor movement in recent years. Alas, that doesn't merit celebration. Take a few of the latest developments. In Congress, union giveaways -- like the ever-upward minimum wage -- have helped feed a painfully high jobless rate, now stuck near 10 percent.