Looking Backwards: A Snapshot of Decades of Union Betrayals in British Columbia http://mostlywater.org/looking_backwards_snapshot_decades_union_betrayals_british_columbia

The support of rank and file unionists was noticeably absent [during anti-Olympic organizing in Vancouver], and would have contributed greatly to organizational capacity, but the absence of Big Union Bosses and Organized Union Leadership was a breath of fresh air that let community activists loose of the overbearing bureaucracy, fake radical posturing, and eventual bitter sell out that comes with the weight of their organizations.