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...political surprises of the year has been the inability of organized labor to win its way with the Carter Administration or the overwhelmingly Democratic Congress, despite its heavy campaign support of both. A conservative mood in Washington and the efforts of a newly vigorous business lobby have offset AFL-CIO influence. Big Labor failed to persuade Carter to appoint many of its favorites to high Administration posts. The AFL-CIO also suffered a painful defeat when Congress rejected the common-situs picketing bill. Labor leaders blamed the common-situs loss on their own failure to realize how hard a lobbying...
Some of the groups participating in the Nickel Campaign included the AFL-CIO, Common Cause, and the United Auto Workers...
Carter has lined up some impressive artillery. The usually hawkish AFL-CIO President George Meany was persuaded to support the treaty after Carter guaranteed job rights for Canal Zone workers. Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that rejection of the agreement could lead to bloodshed and the commitment of U.S. troops. General George S. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, summoned 75 retired generals and admirals to a meeting to drum up support for the treaty. Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss, about to depart for trade talks in Tokyo, was rerouted to Capitol Hill, where...
Such an extension of the standard U.S. working life would not be universally applauded. Although AFL-CIO Boss George Meany, now 82, is hardly a per suasive personal advocate of early retirement, Big Labor has quietly opposed the Pepper bill. The bill could also create a policy problem for liberals like Senator Hubert Humphrey who have long called for achievement of full employment through a planned economy-a goal that would become all the more difficult and costly if a lot of elderly job seekers were to enter or stay in the labor force. At present, some 2.8 million...
Carter's actions have taken a good deal of strain out of the relationship between the White House and the AFL-CIO. The President's endorsement of the three bills provided a needed lift for labor, which has been generally outflanked in its legislative battles this year by a revitalized coalition of business lobbyists. At the same time, labor has begun to accept the fact that it no longer wields the clout it once had among congressional Democrats; it needs presidential support and is willing to settle for less than its earlier grandiose goals to obtain...