Big Labor has organized its own downfall

These days, unions have more luck organizing press conferences than actual workers.

A year ago, the presidents of the AFL-CIO and SEIU — two of the country’s largest labor organizations — announced a joining of forces, with the express purpose of growing their rank-and-file. They put out a press release claiming the partnership would “unleash a new era of worker power.” One year later, that era has still not arrived.