josh eidelson joins me now he's a former labor organizer organizer and now a journalist think contributor to in these times and so long josh welcome thank you good to be here sam they could have you back on the show so first off give us the latest on what's happening in houston today so the negotiations are going to resume tomorrow in the lead up to resume today in the lead up to that there have been additional statements of support from elected officials workers have continued to picket in the visible but coming out of negotiations friday the union said there was progress but there was no sign that the essential situation had changed the situation that really as you say is a great symbol of the state of the economy of workers literally cleaning the buildings for shell and j.p. morgan and and meanwhile having to struggle in order to try to get up to ten dollars an hour over the next few years yeah i guess that is the real ironic thing here is that the managers in this story are people like j.p. morgan chase or i'm sorry not people are corporations like j.p. morgan chase exxon mobil i beli

now in the studio is clipped guppy president the american postal workers union and from new york josh eidelson journalist contributor to the law and in these times and a former labor organization organizer sees me josh cliff welcome the show thank you thanks for coming on thank you so cliff i want to start with you you know i suggest in the set up in my right is that's what's is that what's going on here is this part of the war on labor it's vastly the war on labor and war on government you know you have individuals in congress who want to destroy government smaller and smaller government now if you understand fully what happened in two thousand and six not only did they put this honoris bill to the postal service basically to help fund their bridges to nowhere basically that's what happens with the cash when it gets turned over to congress they also put in that same law that you could not pass the cost of this on to the right makers in other words for seven since one thousand nine hundred seventy the postal service will make a penalty yes it's the if you can't pass the rates on the postal ser