Do not fall for anti-union talk but respect role labor has played

All the articles about Mayor Bill de Blasio not caving to unions are disgraceful.

They paint a picture of unions as wanting huge raises and $7 billion in retroactive pay as if they do not deserve it. Typical Republican editorials.

In some cases, these 300,000 union workers have not had a raise or a contract in seven years.

This retroactive pay would come to about $1.59 an hour over the course of that seven-year span.

Oh, and by the way, they earned it.

Robert La Rosa

Whitestone