The last AFL-CIO convention last week in Los Angeles should be the start of a redefinition. Historically limited by legal restrictions, having a hard time diversify, facing sustained assaults, always unhappy with its political allies, the American union federation has decided to open up to other forms of activism to better mirror social reality and recover some ground. (Ref. 130544)
“With 13 million members, the AFL-CIO is the biggest, strongest and best organized force for economic justice in America. But we are a small part of the 150 million Americans who work for a living. We cannot win economic justice for ourselves, for union members alone,” declared AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, at the opening of the organization’s convention, acknowledging the fact that women, African Americans and immigrants are underrepresented in his union even though membership is...
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