and high levels of long-term unemployment didn't show up on the dol numbers because the way you show up is by applying for unemployment insurance. louisiana went right to work in '76. they had a 33% union rate in construction then. by the time 29 years later after hurricane katrina, they were down to 3%. and a group of unemployed people decided to build power to bargain with the state for a path way back into that iconic american construction job that was a path and a career ladder to the middle class. so what they're strategy was, not to simply bargain with contractors, but to actually bargain with the housing authority. and what they've won this year is a preconstruction mandatory collective bargaining agreement on a set of construction sites. they're now going to enter unions and they were all going to ride up career ladders and turn it into apprenticeship programs and good jobs. >> this is something that i