The Democratic Party didn't abandon labor. Labor and the electorate abandoned the Democratic Party. Starved for funding and votes, the Democratic Party moved right and embraced neoliberalism. Mondale was pro-labor. He was crushed by Reagan in 1984.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States...
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/22/magazine/labor-s-gamble-o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way
The Democratic Party didn't abandon labor. Labor and the electorate abandoned the Democratic Party. Starved for funding and votes, the Democratic Party moved right and embraced neoliberalism. Mondale was pro-labor. He was crushed by Reagan in 1984.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States...
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/22/magazine/labor-s-gamble-o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way