The mild legalist tactics pursued by the union leaders hamstrung the newspaper workers' struggle from day one, nearly two years ago . Calling off the strike did not get the workers their jobs back . As of late June only a couple hundred had been called back . So the strike is now converted into a lockout . But the bureaucrats' lame tactics continued to dominate .
Workers show solidarity .
Despite the severe setbacks brought by the AFL-CIO's tactics, news of the labor march brought workers from around the country . Various local unions sent representatives, and some unions sent contingents of hundreds . It was inspiring to see masses of workers turn out to support those in struggle . At the same time, it must be admitted that the size of the demonstration on June 21 was smaller than the 35,000 predicted by the union bureaucrats before the march or the 60-100,000 marchers they claimed afterwards . The actual number of participants was probably a good deal less than that, somewhere closer to 20,000 .