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Article: Labor's Love Lost.(AFL-CIO angry at China trade bill)(Brief Article)
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- The Nation
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- June 26, 2000
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After the House passed President Clinton's China trade bill, Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, issued a threat: "The 163 Republicans and 73 Democrats that voted for China trade yesterday are going to pay a price." At the same time, AFL-CIO president John Sweeney declared that the threat did not extend to one prominent supporter of the legislation, Al Gore: "The Vice President is not the President, and this was clearly the President's bill." Sweeney attacked the "Clinton-DeLay" forces that fought for the measure and left Gore out of the picture. Talk about mixed signals. Organized labor is going to impose payback on Democratic lawmakers, but not on Gore?