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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 259

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 22, 2018

This is the grave of Lane Kirkland. Born in 1922 in Camden, South Carolina, Kirkland entered the Merchant Marine Academy in 1942 and served as a deck officer on merchant ships during the war. Upon its conclusion, he wanted to become an intelligence officer and...

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This Day in Labor History: October 23, 1995

By Erik Loomis

On October 23, 2017

On October 23, 1995, John Sweeney won the election to become president of the AFL-CIO. This ground shifting event began the process of moving the federation away from its staid.

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Blast from the Past

By Erik Loomis

On May 11, 2017

Working on my next book today, I stumbled across this New York Times article from 1979 on the fresh new look Lane Kirkland was going to.

Building International Solidarity

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 14, 2017

With the overall attack on unions in the United States, the ability of the AFL-CIO to engage in international solidarity actions gets harder and harder, as does its ability to lead the way on working-class issues at home. This is of course the point of...

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By Our Hands

By Erik Loomis

On February 11, 2016

The AFL-CIO has started its own online magazine based at Medium. Titled In Our Hands, it hopes to feature a few stories of working Americans at a good-looking website. Is.

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Coalition Building

By Erik Loomis

On October 4, 2013

I have a piece up at Labor Online about the difficulties of meaningful coalition building between the AFL-CIO and other progressive organizations. An excerpt: But of course the American union.

UFCW to AFL-CIO

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 10, 2013

Mike Elk reports that the United Food and Commercial Workers are returning to the AFL-CIO after 8 years with the insurgent Change to Win coalition. While this is inside baseball to people who aren't intimately concerned with labor politics, it matters on a couple of...