Labor Remains in Politics

Whether or not the idea ever had any validity, no one could argue plausibly after November 6 that labor is the leader or vanguard of the people. But this much can be said: AFL–CIO members gave the Mondale–Ferraro ticket a bigger slice of their vote than the whole electorate gave Ronald Reagan in his sweeping victory. A national poll of AFL–CIO members showed 61 percent for Mondale, 39 percent for Reagan. This may come as a surprise to many who heard accounts after the election suggestin...