It's a rarity when two labor unions battle with each other in litigation, a departure from the slogan of solidarity.

But ahead of our nation’s 132nd Labor Day, a pair of them recently clashed in the courts. Not surprisingly, in the zero-sum game of litigation, one prevailed and the other did not. So much for solidarity.

The unofficial end-of-summer holiday weekend provides an opportune occasion to review the case and what it means for working men and women in the Northland and elsewhere.

The litigation pitted three contractors, one of their supervisory employees, and a national religious-oriented labor organization with a branch in Brainerd known as a Christian Labor Association against the city of Duluth, which received top billing in the litigation, and a couple of nearby communities,

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