randy shandobil looked at how things had changed for labor in the 12 years since the patco strike. >> reporter: near the foot of san francisco's market street there is a monument to workers. the mechanics monument. on this labor day people all but ignored it. to most people this day symbolizing the last day of summer. the day triggers memories of the battle the parents and grandparents of shoppers and picnickers had to fight. >> men and woman long before they came on the scene got their skulls busted, went to jail. >> no contract, no welfare, no benefit, no job protection against injury. >> reporter: labor historian archie green talks about what it was like for workers when the first labor day was celebrated. he says labor didn't celebrate any particular union. >> and you raced down the waterfront and you stood in line like a dog, formed a circle outside of the pier. you stand in the circle and a hiring boss comes down and says, charlie, i'll take you. jim, come on in. okay i got enough men, the rest of you guys get the hell out of here. >> reporter: if you were picked you would work

. >> reporter: political consultant randy shandobil doesn't think it will hurt the president either. he says if anything it may feel a tax on the press. >> there are already many critics of the main street media who accuse it of a liberal bias. showing the president of the united states with a halo over his head certainly doesn't do anything to disabuse that notion. >> reporter: as for magazine sales, it remains to be seen how this issue of newsweek will do. here at telours the owner told us he ordered 200 more copies to meet the demand. >>> you can join the conversation on our facebook wall at ktvu.com on facebook. president obama addresses gays and lesbians directly. his comments about last week's marriage announcement. >>> and it's going to be cold out there tonight. it already is in some places. there's patchy fog showing up along the coast. 48 in napa, that's cool for this time of year. so as the kids go off to school and you go off to work, 7:00, 8:00 in the morning you're going to have temperatures like 48 degrees in concord, so it's cool. jackets as you go for your tuesday. w

. >> reporter: political consultant randy shandobil doesn't think it will hurt the president either. he says if anything it may feel a tax on the press. >> there are already many critics of the main street media who accuse it of a liberal bias. showing the president of the united states with a halo over his head certainly doesn't do anything to disabuse that notion. >> reporter: as for magazine sales, it remains to be seen how this issue of newsweek will do. here at telours the owner told us he ordered 200 more copies to meet the demand. >>> you can join the conversation on our facebook wall at ktvu.com on facebook. president obama addresses gays and lesbians directly. his comments about last week's marriage announcement. >>> and it's going to be cold out there tonight. it already is in some places. there's patchy fog showing up along the coast. 48 in napa, that's cool for this time of year. so as the kids go off to school and you go off to work, 7:00, 8:00 in the morning you're going to have temperatures like 48 degrees in concord, so it's cool. jackets as you go for your tuesday. w