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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

After quitting AFL-CIO, Change to Win suggests reunion of sorts

After quitting AFL-CIO, Change to Win suggests reunion of sorts
Source: NY Times
The coalition of unions that broke away from the A.F.L.-C.I.O. has asked that federation to join it in creating a third union federation that would concentrate on political and legislative efforts.
But the federation's president, John J. Sweeney, dismissed the idea, mocking the "obvious irony of a proposal to essentially recreate the A.F.L.-C.I.O. as it existed prior to" the decision by the service employees and three other unions to break away last year.

 



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