The coal mine in West Virginia where an explosion killed 25 workers on Monday and left four missing "had amassed scores of citations from mining safety officials," according to ABC News.  Amidst all the talk of jobs and unemployment, Ed Ott notes, we've lost focus on the "good" and "safe" jobs part of the equation, let alone "well-paid."

Ott joins us in studio to talk about the continuing crisis of unemployment, and the importance of unions and years of labor struggle to create decent, safe jobs that created the American middle class.