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Translations AFL-CIO n abbr (US) (= American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) → confederación sindicalista AFL-CIO n abbr (= American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) → confédération syndicale AFL-CIO n abbr (= American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) → amerikanischer Gewerkschafts-Dachverband AFL-CIO n abbr (= American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) → confederazione sindacale |
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| Her conservative views were no secret, but she knew many union
presidents well: As president and CEO of United Way (1992-1996), she had
worked closely with AFL-CIO president John Sweeney and then CWA
president Morton Bahr. And though both the AFL-CIO and CTW unions support the idea of
organizing for quality jobs in the rapidly growing service sector,
resources must be committed in order to have success, SEIU's track
record of organizing 900,000 members in just 10 years has given the CTW
credibility in the debate. I have been a union labor lawyer for more than twenty five years
and am troubled by both the recent split in the AFL-CIO and what appears
to be the knee-jerk support of fellow progressives for the Change to Win
movement ("Tiny Labor," by Barbara Ehrenreich, August issue). |
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