AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka declared labor would distance itself from Democrats unsupportive of labor's agenda. This pronouncement was treated as news by some, but it isn't really a new position. Just ask former Arkansas senator Blanche Lincoln. But Meyerson's WaPO opinion piece places the move in proper context, and the context is a bleak one for labor.

This Washington Times opinion piece by free trader Daniel Griswold makes a rational argument for the irrelevance of labor. Long on opinion, short on citation of factual support.