Do you have any idea how many conservatives are in the union halls? It's an on going fight to get the unions back to representing the membership and leave the social agenda alone.
If you think Sweeney of the AFL-CIO is well thought of you are wrong. However, it is like so many things,money talks. It is hard to campaign against him for election because outside money supports him strongly. It's a fight that is always worth fighting.
Yes, I know that there are conservatives in unions, particularly in the building trades and law enforcement unions. This does not change the fact that 1. the largest segment of the organized workforce consists of government pencil pushers and lefty school teachers and 2. that I will choose to start my business in a right to work state and do everything in my power to keep it union free.