New York Times: “Ambitions are fueling union split”
The huge split in organized labor has been fueled by stagnant living standards for many workers, by the ascendancy of the service sector and by labor’s lack of success in politics and unionizing workers. But as much as anything, the schism reflects the conflicting ambitions of two titans of labor, John J. Sweeney, the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., and his onetime prot