The Days of Big Labor Are Over

Byron York looks at the failure known as the "One Nation" march in Washington D.C. last weekend:

The nation's biggest, richest and most powerful labor unions spent months organizing the "One Nation Working Together" rally at the Lincoln Memorial Saturday. With midterm elections approaching, they hoped to put on a show of political strength to energize struggling Democratic candidates. But even after giving it everything they had, they still weren't able to draw as many people as Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in August. Why not?

Because the labor movement is shrinking, aging and divided. Because the best program its leaders (and co-sponsors at the NAACP) could put together was one featuring Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Richard Trumka, Van Jones and Harry Belafonte. And because George W. Bush is no longer in the White House. Put those factors together, and Big Labor's big march fell flat.

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The main difference between the two rallies was passion. The people who paid their own way to stand in a huge crowd on the mall for the Beck rally were there because of their passion for the country and the desire to force a change in direction.

 The union people were there because the union ordered them to attend and paid their way. They were not passionate about the event or the people who were speaking. It was just another day on the job. Put bumpers on Buicks or stand on the mall and clap for Al Sharpton. Six of one...