The Harris-Walz campaign used Labor Day to advocate for the power of Big Labor, thanking the “organizers, activists, workers, and leaders of the labor movement who have helped build this nation.”
But the Biden-Harris administration’s embrace of Big Labor—as in big national labor organizations, as opposed to small, local unions—actually hasn’t helped workers as unionized workers’ wages have fallen behind the wages of nonunion workers over the past four years.
Unlike small local unions that are in better positions to represent the unique needs of their members and that may even have productive relationships with management, the Big Labor movement is increasingly putting politics, power, and one-size-fits-all policies above the personal well-being of many workers.
As nationwide Big Labor organizations are expanding their reach by representing workers across…
