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Labor Caught in Meany's Grip

Widick, B.J. | January 7, 1978 issue

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Discusses the lack of evidence that American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president George Meany was willing to make changes of policy or personnel. Changes that organized labor needs to make in the late 1970s; Highlights of the 1977 AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles, California; Difficulties that the AFL-CIO is having with the Democratic Congress and its leadership; Position on foreign trade.

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MEANY, George, 1894-1980; LABOR unions; CENTRAL labor councils; UNITED States
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