If you're a union rep and organizer then you should know better. Unions have been dying for 60 years and only came into existence because people were so poorly treated they were willing to fight, and possibly die, as some did, instead of labour. Their bargaining position was also considerably stronger, not having to compete against a world labour market or the viability of moving production to other nations.

The extremity of the situation provoked action, organizing only facilitated, it didn't provoke it. You are doing a significant amount of rationalizing on your end. Change isn't impossible, it happens all the time, but intentional change through group effort is not caused by eager organizers who just believe enough. People en masse must be provoked to action by circumstance.

There is a habitually lying, child rapist, conman and fraud, whose been granted legally immunity to violate the constitution and all laws, twice elected, and sitting in the White House, supported by the entire GOP and half the nation. People can't seem to figure out they should act to deal with that. Good ideas and wise choices don't make people act, desperation, necessity and self-interest do. Circumstances do. That's why propaganda and distractions work so well, they are the circumstances.

Nihilism and realism look the same to an optimist. That's you right now. Rationalizing away observed history to retain your will to act because you can't face a harsh truth about the disappointment and inefficacy of convincing mass behavior out of people.