{"id":2898,"date":"2018-02-26T13:42:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2018-02-26T13:49:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T18:49:20","slug":"reagan-inducted-labor-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/02\/26\/reagan-inducted-labor-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Reagan to be Inducted into Labor Hall of Honor (sic) Thursday. Be There!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2900 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Reagan-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Reagan\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Reagan-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Reagan-Poster.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>Following today&#8217;s attempt in the Supreme Court to kill public employee unions, the Department of Labor will top off &#8220;Kill the Labor Movement Week&#8221; by dishonoring American labor with the official induction of Ronald Reagan into the Labor Hall of Honor this Thursday at\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_984903018\"><span class=\"aQJ\">1:00 p.m. EST<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already written about <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/08\/25\/ronald-reagans-workplace-safety-legacy\/\">Ronald Reagan\u2019s Workplace Safety Legacy<\/a>, so I won&#8217;t bother explaining again why inducting Reagan into the Labor Hall of Honor is equivalent to inducting Colonel Sanders into the Poultry Hall of Honor.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Inducting Reagan into the Labor Hall of Honor is equivalent to inducting Colonel Sanders into the Poultry Hall of Honor. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slater-Reagan.jpg\">email<\/a> from Bryan Slater,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1822 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Reagan-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Reagan\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Reagan-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Reagan.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> DOL&#8217;s Assistant Secretary for Administration, inviting all DOL employees to attend the ceremony, notes that &#8220;President Reagan is the only President of the United States to have led a major union, the Screen Actors Guild.&#8221;\u00a0 Not one mention of fired air traffic controllers, nor any fond memories of destroying OSHA&#8217;s cotton dust publications because the cover displayed a photo of a worker with brown lung disease, nor any mention of Reagan devastating OSHA&#8217;s enforcement program.<\/p>\n<p>Slater has encouraged supervisors &#8220;to arrange schedules, so that employees wishing to view the event can do so.&#8221; He&#8217;s warning that &#8220;seating will be limited.&#8221; Being as the ceremony is being held in DOL&#8217;s huge Great Hall, I predict attendance from a lot of outside Reagan acolytes.\u00a0 But unless the Department of Labor is overflowing with employees who want to see the word &#8220;abomination&#8221; brought to life, I&#8217;m also expecting a frantic plea to all DOL Agencies moments before the ceremony begins to encourage DOL employees to fill the empty seats.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I will be out of town for the ceremony. I had hoped to participate in the massive demonstration outside the Department of Labor which hopefully someone is organizing (hint, hint&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following today&#8217;s attempt in the Supreme Court to kill public employee unions, the Department of Labor will top off &#8220;Kill the Labor Movement Week&#8221; by dishonoring American labor with the official induction of Ronald Reagan into the Labor Hall of Honor this Thursday at\u00a01:00 p.m. EST. 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