Is the new Massachusetts state budget a major setback for organized labor? The Scrum sat down with AFL-CIO president Steve Tolman and got his take on the Pacheco Law and the MBTA, bringing the Olympics to Boston, and how to meet the love of your life on the commuter rail.

For further reading: As usual, Peter laid some serious history knowledge on us this week. Get up to speed on the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act here.

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