David Bonior, identified as a former U.S. congressman from Michigan, chairman of American Rights at Work and a professor of labor studies at Wayne State University, opines about the need for decent-paying jobs and benefits for workers on the Gulf Coast. Bonior writes that employers and labor unions are collaborating to meet the need in a manner that works for businesses, workers and the broader community. "In observance of Labor Day and the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we should rebuild not only the Gulf Coast but all of America by encouraging decent wages and benefits for everyone."