Accessing messages.message.labels.label

I'm trying to access the label text for recent topics, and I can't for the life of me figure this out.

<#macro tabbed title tab call sort_by="" count=10 checked=false>
    <#if sort_by??>
        <#assign messages = rest("${call}?page_size=${count}&sort_by=${sort_by}").messages />
    <#else>
        <#assign messages = rest("${call}?page_size=${count}").messages />
    </#if>
    <#list messages.message as message>
        <#assign views = message.views.count />
        <#assign kudos = message.kudos.count />
        <#assign replies = 0 />

        <li>
            <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
                <tbody>
                    <tr>
                        <td width="80%" rowspan="2"><div>${message.subject}</div></td>
                        <td width="10%">Views</td>
                        <td width="10%" class="cc-tab-item-count">${views}</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td width="80%" rowspan="2"><div>${message.labels.label}</div></td>
                        <td width="10%">Kudos</td>
                        <td width="10%" class="cc-tab-item-count">${kudos}</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td width="10%">Replies</td>
                        <td width="10%" class="cc-tab-item-count">${replies}</td>
                    </tr>
                </tbody>
            </table>
        </li>
    </#list>
</#macro>

Everything is working but the labels. I have tried the following, thinking it was in a list, but I'm still not getting anything.

<#assign messages = rest("/topics/recent?page_size=1").messages />
<#list messages.message as message>
    <#list message.labels as label>
        ${label.text}
    </#list>
</#list>

Is there something that I'm missing? I can access message.views.count and message.kudos.count, but that's it...