slightly last month, although most experts contend that that's simply because a lot of folks dropped out of the labor force. folks who are finding jobs, a number of them, part-time workers. last month, 7.4% to 7.3%. you've been to detroit, minneapolis. what does the jobs picture look like on the ground? >> it looks bad. unemployment is going down. but as you said, more people are going to part-time work and wages are falling. i think what's happening is this economic crisis was so bad that employers realized workers are scared. so they're offering them worse and worse conditions. and the question that the afl-cio and other labor groups are trying to answer is what are they going to do to fight back? can they rise to the occasion? this is a make-or-break moment for the labor union. >> michke elk, always appreciat it. got potholes?