This is the grave of George Meany. Born in Harlem in 1894, Meany grew up in the union world of New York. His father was a plumber and a union.
Few know more about the internal politics of the American labor movement than Harold Meyerson and he is skeptical that it matters much that SEIU has returned to the AFL-CIO,.
Take any official statement from the labor movement for what you will, but at the very least, the AFL-CIO certainly believes that there are two parties of billionaires in this.
On February 17, 2000, the AFL-CIO officially changed its stance on immigration. No longer would the labor movement in this nation officially oppose immigration. Instead, it moved to become one.
This is a good run down of where the AFL-CIO stands after Richard Trumka's death. The short version is that there are two legitimate candidates to run the federation. The.
Richard Trumka, long-time president of the AFL-CIO, has died of a heart attack at the age of 72. There is much to admire about Trumka's career. He will be remembered.
John Sweeney, who ran an upstart campaign in 1995 to take over the AFL-CIO presidency and revive the labor movement, has died. Sweeney in the end was never the transformative.
Richard Yeselson has an excellent rundown on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the labor movement in the aftermath of what was a successful presidential election, if significantly.
