wow, a 1500 person crowd! Sounds like the union bosses and a network of Marxist shell groups forced their low paid staff to get on buses and work without pay, holding placards and pretending to support the preening self-important fathead speakers. Despite countless billions of taxpayer money being funneled to these groups they mismanaged the money to such a degree that they can’t even purchase a decent sized rent-a-crowd.
The articles I’ve read about SEIU’s insanely overstretched finances make it plain that the point of collapse has been reached and the various locals are in the process of revolting. That’s why Andy Stern bailed out.
These proliferating organizations can always pony up a dozen people to rally on courthouse steps, invade a legislators office, or put on some street theater but when it comes to large-scale Leni Riefenstahl-style events, there’s no “there” there.