AFL-CIO leaders meet with dissident union heads, but little progress
Union leaders who govern the AFL-CIO voted Monday to support President John Sweeney’s plans to boost organizing efforts and continue political activities for pro-labor candidates and policies, but leaders representing a coalition of five dissident unions voted against Sweeney’s proposals.
That coalition of unions challenging Sweeney picked up strength Monday when the main national carpenter’s union joined the effort to challenge the AFL-CIO. The carpenters’ union broke away from the AFL-CIO in 2001.
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