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...city's Metro, which was free to all riders for the day. They gathered in Washington last Saturday for a protest rally of a size and vehemence not seen since the antiwar marches of a decade ago. The event was billed as Solidarity Day and organized by the AFL-CIO, which "rented" the subway for $65,000. On hand were more than 250,000 union members, civil rights activists, environmentalists and others enraged by Ronald Reagan's policies. While the President relaxed at Camp David, the crowd marched down Constitution Avenue to the Capitol and then cheered when...
Labor leaders have tried to impress upon the public the total unity of working people in this effort. Even AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, a staunch anti-communist who has eschewed all ties with the more leftist of European labor federations, would not deny reports that the American Communist Party is among Solidarity Day's sponsors. Yet, even if the march attracts a large turnout, true labor solidarity will not yet exist. In spite of the AFL-CIO support for Carter, millions of rank-and-file workers turned out for a candidate who has traditionally opposed the minimum wage, social...
...emulation of the Polish worker's struggle against their government, but a deliberate attempt by union leadership to restore the public confidence in American labor unions. But the president's heavy-handed handling of the air traffic controllers strike may have afforded the AFL-CIO a chance to bring back some of the romantic mythology that grew out of labor's advance during the Progressive and Depression eras, a tradition now neglected as workers strived for and achieved middle-class status...
Local 26 of the AFL-CIO, which represents the University's 550 dining hall workers, has vowed to take a strong adversarial tack in its dealings with Harvard under its new leadership. The primary issue in last spring's union elections, in fact, was whether the incumbent officials had acted complacently during contract negotiations during their tenure...
...combine into one giant American chapter of Solidarity (a worthwhile goal, however). But there is much it can do, and no better time than the present to do it, when the nation's attention is focused on the controllers. Every other major union in the country--especially the AFL-CIO, which represents so many public sector employees--should back PATCO, and with more than words. If need be, a general walkout should be called, beginning with the unions nearest in occupation to the controllers--the pilots, the ticket clerks, the porters. And, if necessary, the rest of organized labor should...