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...The Tennessee Valley Authority project of the 1930s was successful in large part because of input from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which had developed in tandem with the new technology...
...“Those at the top of the supply chain have incredible power and resources,” argues worker rights advocate Cathy Feingold, director of the international department at AFL-CIO, the US’s largest trade union...
...Our person in the news is Richard Trumka, who heads up the AFL-CIO union....
...The Writers Guild of America, East, which has 7,000 members, this week called on the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest union federation, to sever ties with the International Union of Police Associations, which...
...James Hoffa, head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, last month said the USMCA was an improvement over Nafta and would stop the “haemorrhaging of jobs” to Mexico....
...The labour provisions were crucial to securing the support of labour unions like the AFL-CIO, which have traditionally opposed US trade agreements....
..., chairman, Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia, August 21 1976; Ronald Reagan, former governor of California, Orlando, Florida, March 4 1976; George Meany, president, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC, March 3 1976; Edmund...
...It is backed by family-owned manufacturers, farming trade groups and representatives from the AFL-CIO and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, both labour groups....
...We have at our fingertips a brand new sector that will create a multibillion pound industry, provide tens of thousands of jobs across the country and create a significant local supply chain....
...Businesses throughout the “low-wage economy” would now feel extra pressure to raise pay, said Damon Silvers, the policy director for the AFL-CIO, America’s union umbrella organisation....
...“Certainly [the accident] will factor into [US trade] decision-making,” says Celeste Drake, a trade official at the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labour unions in the US....
...Bangladesh is struggling to avert a threatened withdrawal of US trade privileges – under the generalised system of preferences (GSP) – following a campaign by the AFL-CIO, the US trade union federation....
...The meeting will follow on the heels of one with progressive groups such as the NAACP and the National Council of la Raza, as well as the SEIU and AFL-CIO labour unions....
...The US is considering whether to withdraw trade privileges – under the generalised system of preferences (GSP) – following a campaign by the AFL-CIO, the US trade union federation....
...International donors recognise the threat the informal economy poses to growth in countries recovering from almost two years of political upheaval....
...You understand the importance of this. The fact is, the Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO don’t agree on a whole lot. Tom Donohue and Richard Trumka aren’t exactly Facebook friends....
..., AFL-CIO, as labour secretary....
...of unionised workers in the US to 12.5 per cent....
...James Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, said the coalition was created out of frustration with the AFL-CIO, and that “business as usual” would not reverse the decline...
...Two groups leading the rebellion, the Teamsters and service workers union, were expected to confirm their formal split from the AFL-CIO late on Monday....
...It is hard to fault the council’s decisionmaking in this area,” says Joe DiNicola, president of the local Service Employees International Union....
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