Labor Day 2011

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | September 5, 2011

No. 706

Here they come! Pittsburgh's Labor Day Parade.

Pittsburgh claims to have the largest Labor Day Parade in the nation.  Perhaps, but the demise of the steel industry has helped drive the long decline of organized labor as a political and economic force in this region. The parade may be big, but the membership continues to shrink.

A handful of Republican politicians have been publicly disinvited to the parade.  These include the Commonwealth’s sitting Governor and Junior Senator, neither of whom are running for re-election any time soon.  The clear message is that labor expects to receive nothing from the two most powerful politicians in Pennsylvania.  Sen. Toomey, as you may remember, is a member of the Super Committee and thus, for the moment, one of the most powerful people in America.

Still, the sleeping giant appears to be reawakening.  The leading example is in Wisconsin, where crisis has galvanized labor once again into a potent political force.

CLT

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