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Afl-Cio : Economics Topics
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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: a merger of two rival labour federations of the USA in 1955 which brought back the breakaway industrial unions that had separated from their colleagues in craft unions. Some US...
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Afl, Cio Merge Summary
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United States 1955 The merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) formed the AFL-CIO and was the culmination of a process that occurred in each of the two organizations for a number of years....
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Afl-Cio Expels Key Unions Summary
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United States 1957 The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) unified in 1955, a time when labor leaders were determined that labor would enjoy a good reputation. There were rampant stories of thuggery,...
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AFL-CIO Information
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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 54 national and international unions (including Canadian),...


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Afl-cio Split
09/01/2005: 505 words, approx. 2 pages
AFL-CIO SPLIT * This year's golden anniversary of the marriage between the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) has been marred by a messy divorce. Unions representing one-third of the AFL-CIO's 13 million members walked out on the eve...
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Dollars & Sense
Turmoil in the AFL-CIO
09/01/2005: 5,852 words, approx. 20 pages
A Dollars & Sense Roundtable No doubt this July's decision by the leadership of (the Service Employees !International Union and the Teamsters to walk out of the AFL-CIO and form an alternative labor federation. Change to Win, underlines the severe problems the U.S....
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AP News
AFL-CIO to spend $200 million on 2008
9/21/2007: 458 words, approx. 2 pages
The AFL-CIO and its unions said Friday they will spend an estimated $200 million on the 2008 elections, with the nation's largest labor federation devoting a record $53 million exclusively to grass-roots mobilization.In addition, the AFL-CIO said it would deploy more than 200,000 volunteers leading...
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AP News
Chavez-Thompson steps down from AFL-CIO
9/12/2007: 257 words, approx. 1 pages
Linda Chavez-Thompson, the first Hispanic woman elected to the AFL-CIO's top leadership, announced Wednesday she is stepping down as executive vice president of the nation's largest labor federation.Chavez-Thompson, a native of Lubbock, Texas, will leave the AFL-CIO on Sept. 21."I am blessed to have had...
 


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AFL-CIO
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A history of the AFL-CIO, consisting of unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).


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