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Article: Local union leaders' reactions vary to union split.(Teamsters and Service Employees International Union to leave the AFL-CIO)
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- The Denver Post (Denver, CO)
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- July 26, 2005
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Byline: Steve Raabe
Jul. 26--Colorado union officials on Monday expressed a range of reactions on the decision of the Teamsters and Service Employees International Union to leave the AFL-CIO. Anger with AFL- CIO leaders, sadness and concern about the split's effect on labor's ability to bargain on behalf of workers led the list.
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