Article: Losing its grip; America's labour federation.(division within AFL-CIO; future of organized labor)

Article: AFL-CIO rift shakes workers, Democrats
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  July 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Bergen County, NJ) 07-26-2005 AFL-CIO rift shakes workers, Democrats ... Edtion: All Editions CHICAGO - The AFL-CIO splintered on Monday. The breakup ... said their unions would leave the AFL-CIO, paving the way for other unions ...

Article: AFL-CIO Chiefs Said to Plan On Readmitting ...
The Washington Post;  October 23, 1987 ;     700+ words ...Key leaders of the AFL-CIO have privately worked out a tentative ... within the 12.6 million-member AFL-CIO, but appears to have strong support ... federation, sources said. "The AFL-CIO has just received an application ...

Article: AFL-CIO to Spend $200 Million on 2008
AP Online;  September 21, 2007 ;     623 words ...WASHINGTON - The AFL-CIO and its unions said Friday they will ... roots mobilization. In addition, the AFL-CIO said it would deploy more than 200 ... Michigan and Wisconsin. "Today the AFL-CIO is sending a powerful message that we ...

Article: AFL-CIO Trying to Avoid Defections
AP Online;  July 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... 12-2005 Dateline: WASHINGTON AFL-CIO President John Sweeney answers questions ... with The Associated Press at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington Monday ... AP Poto/J. David Ake) The AFL-CIO is doing all it can to minimize defections ...

Article: AFL-CIO to Release Election-Night Polling of Union ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 3, 2008 ;     570 words ... ... 1-202-637-5018, both of AFL-CIO ***New Polling, Analysis of Election Results*** AFL-CIO Leaders to Outline Working Families ... November 5 at 12:30 p.m.,the AFL-CIO will hold a post-election briefing ...

Article: AFL-CIO Splinters, Spooking Some Democrats
AP Online;  July 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Mass., left, shakes hands with AFL-CIO president John Sweeney before his ... International Union, the largest AFL-CIO affiliate with 1.8 million members ... Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) The AFL-CIO splintered on Monday, spooking some ...

Article: AFL-CIO to Release Analysis of Union Voters in ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 7, 2006 ;     562 words ... ... Trevor FitzGibbon, 202-246-5303, all for AFL-CIO News Advisory: The AFL-CIO will hold a post-election briefing to release ... the impact the union vote had on the elections. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, Political Director Karen ...