Protests? What took so long?

Mike Barnacle on Morning Joe today had the right idea: The protesters are on the wrong street. They should be in Washington, in front of Congress and the White House, telling both parties to get off their ass and do something. And where is organized labor in all this? Well, maybe they're finally showing up, but if they had organized tent cities around Washington, leading marches and being in at first instead of after 3 weeks, think of how many people would have noticed. Does anyone think that anyone there after labor's help would ever vote against a shop being part of a union?  Isn't there anyone in unions that can see the big picture? Unemployment is still over 9%, and you haven't organized any protests? Maybe unions really don't deserve to be around anymore if they can't help those that would help them the most.