Get Up, Stand Up

It was heartening to read Garret Keizer condemn the fact that labor leaders “turned their backs” on Bernie Sanders’s candidacy in 2016 and willfully scorned their own members by refusing to conduct any meaningful poll of their preferences [“Labor’s Last Stand,” Essay, September]. Like many members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, I was stunned by our leadership’s endorsement, during the 2016 Democratic primary season, of Hillary Clinton, arguably the least union-friendly candidate, who initially refused to support a $15 per hour minimum wage.

Many of us cannot surrender to the suggestion…