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Article: AFL-CIO Chiefs Said to Plan On Readmitting Teamsters
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- The Washington Post
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- October 23, 1987
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Key leaders of the AFL-CIO have privately worked out a tentative
agreement to readmit the Teamsters union, 30 years after the union
was expelled from the labor federation for corruption, labor sources
said yesterday.
The move is expected to generate controversy within the 12.6
million-member AFL-CIO, but appears to have strong support among top
leaders who negotiated the agreement with Teamsters President Jackie
Presser in the past week. The Teamsters executive board voted
earlier this week to return to the labor federation, sources said.
"The AFL-CIO has just received an application for affiliation
from the Teamsters. AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland said the
application will go before ...