|
|
Article: Teamsters question AFL-CIO loyalties.(NATION)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 3, 2002
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Donald Lambro, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Organized labor's lockstep political loyalty to the Democratic Party is not a sure thing anymore. Unions from the Teamsters to the carpenters are challenging the AFL-CIO's leadership and questioning its one-party policy
The latest example of this upheaval in labor's ranks occurred last week, when the cash-strapped AFL-CIO gathered in New Orleans to vote on a mandatory assessment on the federation's 66 unions to raise more than $17 million for its political campaigns.
The Teamsters, one of the AFL-CIO's biggest and most politically active unions, voted against the monthly dues increase. Teamsters ...