Many a message was sent on Election Day. But perhaps the loudest came from blue-collar employees who, in voting for President-elect Trump, turned their backs on union bosses.

The disconnect between union leadership, which overwhelmingly supported Hillary Clinton, and union membership is telling. In 2016, labor leaders made more than $142 million in campaign contributions, almost 90 percent of it to Democrats. This is nearly double Big Labor’s total in 2008.