Organized Labor Shouldn’t Expect Much From President Joe Biden

“Joe is a union guy. Pass it on,” tweeted the AFL-CIO on Election Day 2020. The labor federation, and many of the unions that comprise it, went all-in on Joe Biden, getting out the vote for the Democratic Party presidential candidate as well as donating funds toward the election effort. (Some independent unions, such as the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, or UE for short, were less enthusiastic about Biden, but nonetheless focused their efforts on removing Trump from office.)

But what does “Joe is a union...