Afl, Cio Merge
United States 1955
Synopsis
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 proce...
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Afl-Cio Expels Key Unions
United States 1957
Synopsis
The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) unified in 1955, a time when labor leaders were determined...
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American Federation of Labor and (CIO)
It all began when workers were being mistreated and having to work in such unruly working conditions of their everyday jobs. Strikes were held to wake up the so...
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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...
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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 federatio...
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The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest federation of labor unions, has postponed making an unanimous endorsement in the Democratic presidential primary, freeing its 55 unions to choose for themselves fr...
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Union membership is down. The labor movement has split in two. Conservatives control the White House, the Supreme Court and, until last year, Congress.Yet AFL-CIO leaders say things are looking up ...
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Protesting before tourists with a red-faced Blue Man mimic was just the beginning.Now the AFL-CIO has latched on to a dispute between the show and IATSE Local 720. The organization is asking member...
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The AFL-CIO, a major shareholder in public companies, is targeting Verizon Communications Inc. this year for a shakeup of its board of directors as it accuses the company's chief executive of colle...
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Democratic presidential candidates said Tuesday the nation should invest more money in infrastructure and less in the Iraq war, citing the Minneapolis bridge collapse as a symptom of neglect.The ca...
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The revival of the Senate's immigration legislation also resurrected a rare split inside organized labor.The AFL-CIO formally came out against the bill Wednesday, reflecting the distaste among manu...
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday said the Bush administration had broken historic partnerships between local governments and the federal government and promised t...
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Afl, Cio Merge
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO to spend $200 million on 2008
