Word: afl
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Little love has been lost between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the AFL-CIO. The labor federation expelled the Teamsters on charges of corruption in 1957, precipitating raiding wars in which each side sought to increase membership at the other's expense. That rift ended last week, when the AFL-CIO board, representing 13.1 million workers, voted to readmit the 1.8 million-strong Teamsters union. Said AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland: "This is a process of pursuing solidarity and bringing into one house all of labor's children...
...Teamsters may be less interested in solidarity than in shelter from the Justice Department. The AFL-CIO leaders stood by Teamsters President Jackie Presser, who faces federal racketeering charges, and vowed to fight a Government bid to take control of the Teamsters to cleanse it of Mob influence...
Because the UAW and AFSCME are both members of the AFL-CIO, their competition at Harvard was a point of contention between the national groups...
...White House and Treasury Secretary James Baker, the unruly mob on Wall Street saw only the threat of rising interest rates and faltering economic growth. "I fear we will have the worst of possible worlds, with high interest rates and a recession," said Rudy Oswald, chief economist for the AFL...
Nowhere is danger more obvious than in the meat-packing industry, which will be the focus this week of congressional hearings on its safety practices. AFL- CIO officials estimate that more than one-third of the nation's 175,000 packinghouse workers -- 160 victims each day -- will suffer a serious injury or illness this year. Because meat-packing employees must work swiftly with sharp knives and cleavers, severe cuts and fractures are common. So is carpal- tunnel syndrome, a painful wrist condition caused by a repetitive chopping motion that swells tendons, pinches nerves and sometimes requires corrective surgery. Many workers...