AFL-CIO

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AFL-CIO

abbr.

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

AFL-CIO

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(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: a federation of independent American trade unions formed by the union of these two groups in 1955

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AFL-CIO - the largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

federation - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties

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American Federation of Labor American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO Congress of Industrial Organizations federation George Meany Meany Randolph			The new accord outlined by the AFL-CIO and rival Change to Win endorses legalizing the status of undocumented immigrants already in the United States and opposes any large new program to bring in temporary foreign workers. Obama: immigration reform a priority by Units These are the people you would expect to have positive experiences with America's health care system--the lucky ones--except they're not," said John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, which cosponsored the survey with the group Working America. One in three forgo care because of cost by Currie, Donya / The Nation's Health While the loss of one connection can leave us feeling a sense of insecurity, new connections and opportunities arise from this new local affiliation with the AFL-CIO. "The State of the Association" by Allen, Robert / The Pulse			Affrontee Affronter Affrontingly Affrontive Affrontiveness Affuse affusion Affy AFG Afg. Afghan Afghan hound Afghan monetary unit Afghani Afghanistan Afghanistani afibrinogenemia aficionada aficionado afield afire AFIS AFISR AFK AFL AFL-CIO aflame aflare Aflat aflatoxicosis aflatoxin Aflaunt Aflaxen Aflicker afloat afloat pre-positioning force afloat pre-positioning operations afloat pre-positioning ships afloat support Aflow Aflush aflutter AFM AFN AFNOR Afoam Afognak Island afoot aforcing afore Afore the mast			AFKAG AFKAM AFKAP AFKB AFKBRB AFKE AFKF AFKFAS AFKI AFKIM AFKM AFKMS AFKN AFKN AFKNU AFKO Afkorting AFKPL AFKS AFKV AFL AFL AFL AFL AFL (sport) AFL (sport) AFL fencing AFL fencing AFL fencing AFL+ AFL-CIO AFL-CIO Employer Purchasing Coalition AFL-NFL Championship Game AFL-NFL Championship Game AFL-NFL World Championship Game AFL-NFL World Championship Game AFLA Aflac AFLAI aflame AFLAN AFLANSPO AFLANT AFLANZ AFLAR aflare Aflas Aflat aflatoxicosis aflatoxicosis aflatoxicosis aflatoxin aflatoxin aflatoxin Aflatoxin b1 Aflatoxin b1 Aflatoxin b1 Aflatoxin b1 Aflatoxin Collaborative Research Support Program Aflatoxin G Aflatoxin m1

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