Where are the anti-worker politicians today?

No surprise here. Koch whore Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is spending his Labor Day at home. "Home" is the Governor's Mansion. But Walker had better keep the blinds drawn, because a "Recall Walker" protest flotilla is planned for the lake right outside the house.

Anti-worker extremists Wisconsin state Sen. Pam Galloway and U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy will be marching in the Wausau Labor Day parade after all. Protesters will be turning their backs on them as they pass by.

All the Republican presidential candidates who think workers make too much money will be taking refuge in South Carolina, one of the most anti-union states in the country. We wonder if Michele Bachmann will repeat her proposal to eliminate corporate taxes altogether.

It seems most of the Governors Gone Wild are hiding out, but we can't be sure. We can find hide nor hair of corporate stooge Ohio Gov. John Kasich or New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. No idea where Maine's wingnut Gov. Paul LePage is, either. We're quite certain that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett won't be at the Pittsburgh March for Jobs, because he wasn't invited.

Florida Gov. Pink Slip Rick Scott will be showing his face at the Orlando Labor Day picnic. We suspect protesters will hand him some of their trademark pink slips.

(Teamster President Hoffa, along with President Obama, will be marching in the Detroit Labor Day parade.)

Here's a great suggestion from WNYC's blog:

Labor Day has transformed into (a day that's) ... Not about the history of labor, respect for union or an opportunity to affirm our commitment to fundamental worker rights, just a chance for some family-friendly fun.

That family-friendly fun, by the way, is made possible by child labor laws, weekends and minimum wage - all progress that was championed by labor unions. But you won't hear about that on Monday, politicians will be too busy discussing how to get government out of the way of Big Business and regular Americans will be too preoccupied worrying about their economic future.

But if you can give a few minutes of your vacation day to remember the history of the occasion - a battle to improve the lives of the American worker that continues to today - there's a question you can and should ask every official and candidate: "If you want to march with us, why won't you stand with us?"