Well, the UAW spent roughly $8,000 per vote at Volkswagen in Chattanooga and the once-mighty union still lost.
Therefore, that union bosses are concentrating on unseating governors, as opposed to helping Southern Democrats in Senate races should come as no surprise.
Memo to some vulnerable Senate Democrats: Don’t wait for labor to swoop in and save you with a chest full of money and a brigade of foot soldiers to get out the vote.
In a handful of the most contested Senate contests this cycle—including Arkansas, Louisiana, and North Carolina—the AFL-CIO has conducted a cost-benefit analysis and the results are in: There just aren’t enough union members in those states to make it worth the investment of scarce resources.
“I would love to say that North Carolina is a major target for our movement nationally, and everyone is gonna be playing big here,” said North Carolina AFL-CIO President James Andrews. “But the reality is some will and some will not, and at the end of the day I’m rooting for wherever they’re playing.” [Emphasis added.]
Read the rest at NationalJournal.com.
