The Six-Year Itch. / David Moberg.
by Moberg, David; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 56Business. Publisher: Nation, 2001ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Sweeney, John J | AFL-CIO | Labor union members | Labor unions -- Officials and employees | Labor unions -- Organizing | Labor unions -- Political activityDDC classification: 050 Summary: "When the executive council of the AFL-CIO met in Los Angeles this past February [2001], the news could hardly have been worse for president John Sweeney. The labor movement had bet the ranch on Al Gore, from early endorsement to yeoman election work, but Gore lost--partly because he wouldn't use labor's troops for a recount fight in Florida....And that wasn't all. After celebrating in the previous year that the union share of the work force hadn't declined, as it had during most of the previous two decades, Sweeney faced dismal news: The union share had dropped again." (NATION) This article describes the status of the labor movement under Sweeney.
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Originally Published: The Six-Year Itch, Sept. 3/10, 2001; pp. 11+.
"When the executive council of the AFL-CIO met in Los Angeles this past February [2001], the news could hardly have been worse for president John Sweeney. The labor movement had bet the ranch on Al Gore, from early endorsement to yeoman election work, but Gore lost--partly because he wouldn't use labor's troops for a recount fight in Florida....And that wasn't all. After celebrating in the previous year that the union share of the work force hadn't declined, as it had during most of the previous two decades, Sweeney faced dismal news: The union share had dropped again." (NATION) This article describes the status of the labor movement under Sweeney.
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