Labor’s health care trick

WHEN IT comes to restraining municipal health care costs, the train is leaving the station. This week, organized labor came to the State House — and tried to clamber aboard the caboose.
“We are here in the spirit of cooperation,’’ proclaimed Robert Haynes, president of the AFL-CIO, in announcing labor’s plan on Monday. “We are here genuinely seeking compromise on the issue of health care. We understand times are tough, and we are willing to sacrifice even more and be an even bigger part of the solution in these tough times.’’