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What does the AFL-CIO do, anyway?

By Christopher Hayes

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. Perhaps the thing the AFL-CIO does best these days is mobilize its members to vote. Under Sweeney and the… return to article

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    where is the article?

    United States Posted by cyberella2002 on Jan 19, 2005 at 5:22 PM

    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.

    United States Posted by Tim1965 on Jan 22, 2005 at 5:15 PM

    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 — we now export to johnson & johnson, GE, GM Electro-Motive Division, Avery-Dennison and a whole list of companies which used to be next door.

    The AFL-CIO added that they will mind their business and I should mind mine.

    Like politicians, they watch out for themselves not us.

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Nov 13, 2005 at 2:45 PM
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