They should've listened to us three years ago, but Lieberman was with us on "everything except the war", remember?

Three years ago the state AFL-CIO convened in New Haven and embraced U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman’s reelection. Thursday the AFL-CIO reconvened here — and made Lieberman its target.

The occasion was the state labor movement’s biennial convention at the Omni Hotel. The convention runs through Friday. A central theme of this year’s convention: Push politicians in Washington to pass universal health care with a "public option" — government-backed insurance.

Connecticut Sen. Lieberman has been a prominent opponent of a public option and of moving with what he calls too much speed toward universal coverage.

"Joe’s gotta go!" union members yelled at a rally on the Green during Thursday’s lunch break.

State AFL-CIO chief John Olsen emceed the rally [...]

The labor convention spurned Lamont. It hailed Lieberman as its friend. John Olsen lined up the endorsement for Lieberman. (Read about that here.) Leaders of individual unions including Yale’s Locals 34 and 35 proceeded to stage rallies and work the polls for Lieberman’s reelection.

You wouldn’t have guessed all that from Thursday’s convention events.