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George Meany's Last Hurrah

Widick, B. J. | September 4, 1972 issue

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Focuses on the celebration of Labor Day in the U.S. in 1972. Attitude adopted by the AFL-CIO Executive Council toward the disagreement between labor unions and leaders; Importance of the policy of neutrality for labor political power; Tactics being employed by forces of George Meany to defeat George McGovern.

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LABOR Day; LABOR unions; NEUTRALITY; POWER (Social sciences); MEANY, George, 1894-1980; MCGOVERN, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; AFL-CIO; UNITED States
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