In some ways, that’s exactly the question a lot of people seem to be asking. Here’s the short answer: The AFL-CIO works to coordinate the activities and the leverage the collective strength of its affiliates in three main areas—organizing, lobbying and politics. [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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John Sweeney did not establish the Organizing Institute. That was a project supported by Tom Donahue, the secretary-treasurer under Lane Kirkland. The OI was long in existence before John Sweeney took over as president of the AFL-CIO.
When I wrote to the AFL-CIO complaining about NAFTA and the likelihood our jobs would disappear, they essentially told me NAFTA would be good for us due to increasing exports.
This is what the National Chamber of commerce said until this summmer.
They were right
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