Economike just lays it all out there, telling us historical dunces that the labor mural’s message is simply false:

The mythology is the mural’s implicit narrative – the counterfactual that “better conditions” systematically were withheld by employers and that union organizing somehow created a general improvement in working conditions.

I know most conservatives see no use for today’s labor unions, but I thought most still granted yesterday’s unions some credit for how we don’t all work 15 hour days locked in a building with no bathroom breaks and lots of flammable material stacked against the walls. But, I guess even that is just too much for Economike’s libertarian wet dreams.

Things only got better because the rich people got nicer.

We should rename Labor day to, “Thank the Nice Rich Man You Only Worked 40 Hours And Didn’t Even Lose Any Limbs Day,” in honor of the true heroes of America’s middle class history.