labor movement's parish priest.

For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.

They just do not want anybody from organized labor to take a high-profile position - to have a pedestal to speak from about the wrongs that workers face across Virginia and across the country.

Because he was not up for an actual labor position, it was surprising to see them make an issue of this.

We don't factor in the cost of labor, only materials. If we included the actual price of the land, no one (low-income family) would be able to afford one our homes, and that's not the point. Even if someone gives you everything you need, the permit fee is still anywhere from $25-30,000, and depending on the size of the house, traffic impact fees can cost $15,000.

In New Orleans, where a quarter of the city was poor, the prevailing wage for construction labor is about $9 per hour, according to the Department of Labor. In effect, President Bush is saying that people should be paid less than $9 an hour to rebuild their communities.